Paolo Guerrero: between the shadow of Cueva or the Flores leadership, what will his presence be like in League 1 I bet you?

That Nene was no longer so little: his receding hairline was noticeable, he ran less than in Argentina ’78 but he kept intact the muscles of a thoroughbred and the inexplicable gift of the chosen ones. El Nene was a magnet, he brought together, and around him – for example – Alianza marked a commercial milestone that is common today but then, in the Peru of the eighties, a true miracle: on the day of his farewell, in 1986, Nike He dressed his intimates with a special collection of sweatshirts, shorts and t-shirts. It was the first that the firm dressed a team in South America.

Paolo, unlike Nene, is in full force. Fossati needs him in the national team. There was some interest from Criciuma. Something was talked about in Colo Colo of Chile. Juan Pablo Varsky dedicates his tweets to him. He became champion of the Copa Sudamericana and the Ecuadorian Pro League with Liga de Quito just two months ago and in his appetite to continue playing football – or his resistance to retirement – he starred in a week that crossed Trujillo and Rio de Janeiro through emails, WhatsApp, contract drafts in pdf. As if that were not enough, and when he saw the safety of his family exposed by some messages from extortionists, he backed down, he had to come to Lima and four meetings later, and with written agreements that more than addendums to the contract seemed like the pages of a peace treaty. , made the final decision and is coming to play in League 1 Te Apuesta, a discreet tournament that lacks infrastructure, whose FPF president loses all approval polls and that “lacks competitiveness” (Guerrero himself said).

Everything that happened is told here, by DT journalists Marco Quilca, Christian Cruz and Jean Pierre Maraví, three hounds who chased Guerrero throughout the city, more than groupies, like treasure hunters.

Paolo’s presence in the local tournament carries with him a historical responsibility that, taken well, can be the notable finishing touch to a scoring career that is already in the books. There are, as in almost everything, two paths: take advantage of the slowness of League 1, the popularity among unknown people and the well-earned fortune to live on eternal vacations (say, like Christian Cueva) or get ready, quickly recover the weeks of para and turn his presence in Trujillo into real inspiration, a model of discipline, and leadership that is proof of anything, which is what is so lacking here (like Yoshimar Yotún or Edison Flores). Physically he does not seem to have a drop of fat and the competitive spirit is the same size as his now historic television tantrums.

Planting a last seed will depend on Paolo Guerrero’s intention in signing for Vallejo. You look outside, zoom in and winners of that size are no longer left.