Eduardo Méndez, president of Santa Fe, referred on Tuesday to the rumors that took the link between Jorge Bava and Cerro Porteño.
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Santa Fe crosses days of rumors. In the media, the version indicating that Jorge Bava, the Uruguayan coach who led the team in the conquest of his tenth star, would have everything ready to sign with Cerro Porteño de Paraguay.
From the Cardinal Directive they wanted to cut any version on the imminent departure of their strategist. Eduardo Méndez, president of the Cardinal Club, denied Tuesday at a press conference that there is an agreement between Bava and the Paraguayan club.
“Following some news that left yesterday in the afternoon, where they give for a fact that Professor Bava is going to work at Cerro Porteño, we immediately made a very simple statement, where we simply fell that the technician has a contract until the month of December,” Méndez explained at a press conference.
The Uruguayan coach traveled next to the squad to Medellín to face on Wednesday the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Betplay Cup. “There is no, from him, no signed agreement, as expressed by most people,” insisted the Santa Confereius manager.
Méndez added that the institution already works with the current coaching staff in the planning of the first semester of 2026, which will include participation in the Copa Libertadores. However, according to Monday's statement: coach's continuity will depend on the results of this semester.
The president did recognize the existence of formal contact from Paraguay. “It is true that he came an offer from Cerro Porteño, but he has told the club that his priority is Santa Fe and that he was going to talk to me.”
The main conclusion that can be drawn on the press conference requested by Méndez is that Bava's future in the institution remains uncertain. The next few days will be key to knowing if, only after five months in office, the Uruguayan will take for Paraguay.
“That offer arrived yesterday (Monday) and, therefore, because of the requirement that was made, we met today (with Bava), from an early hour, in these offices, and we already agreed that we are going to sit down, we will analyze the offer that they made and we will look at what the future of it will be,” he concluded.
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