Juan Reynoso, technical director of the Peruvian National Teamrevealed this Friday, August 19, in an exclusive interview with La República, who will be his first casualty for the Blanquirroja international friendlies, since he assured that this player “does not meet the deadlines” so that it can be part of the payroll.
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Who is it about? we talk about Bernard Cuesta, who according to his father pointed out on a local radio, the striker from Melgar wants to become a Peruvian national and be summoned; however, a FIFA rule distances him from that possibility. About, John Reynoso speak.
“I have great affection for the family of ‘Berni’ (Cuesta), we have known each other since 2014, we have experienced so many things together, triumphs, defeats and he knows, not only in the relationship, but the appreciation I have for his individual quality and goalscorer”, affirmed the ‘Cabezón’ for La República.
“I know that in football one does not rule out anything, but today there is nothing about that. Still does not meet the times. At some point he was almost four years old (in Peru), but he went to Bolivia, then when he was getting older he went to Colombia. In other words, legally it will be very difficult, unless the FIFA statute changes,” he continued. Reynoso.
Juan Reynoso and the time he told Cuesta to nationalize
On the other hand, Juan Reynoso confessed that in 2014 he told Bernardo Cuesta to become a Peruvian national. “Bernardo (Cuesta) is not going to let me lie, I had nothing to do with the national team, and in 2014 I told him and Omar Fernández that ‘you have to naturalize Peruvians,’ because if that’s the case, they’re going to play for the national team”, stressed the Peruvian strategist.