After the recent failure that signed millionaires With the elimination in the home runs, the fans began to demand experienced reinforcements, and according to the journalist Julián Capera, the first one is close to being closed.
Luis Carlos Ruiz, who had action with Cortuluá this semester, would be called to reinforce the albiazul attack for the second semester. The forward with a past in Junior and National, comes from scoring 11 goals in 18 games of the Betplay I-2022 League, an average higher than that of Diego Herazo who converted 6 in 20 games. This Monday he would have landed in Bogotá with his representative to close the deal.
Ruiz, 35, scored this season against Nacional, Santa Fe, América, Medellín, Patriotas, Pereira, Unión Magdalena, Deportivo Cali, Tolima, Junior and Águilas Doradas. He finished the regular phase as the top scorer, however by missing homers, he was surpassed by Dayro Moreno, who reached 12 touchdowns.
According to Capera, Millonarios is “very close” to confirming Ruiz as their new player. “Millionaires is beginning to design what the 2022-II project is going to be, with the continuity of Alberto Gamero, who has received the trust of the directors (…) Millionaires has one ready, it is very advanced, and early this morning it arrived Bogotá, who is about to become the new striker, one of the top scorers in the current league and with an important past. We are talking about Luis Carlos Ruiz. There is an agreement with him and they met at the administrative headquarters.”
“The contract will initially be signed for one year, with the option of signing one more year, that is, until June 2023,” according to Capera, Ruiz’s contract would include a clause that Millonarios has included in the attackers’ latest contracts. It includes a fixed salary and an extra payment as they achieve individual objectives, that is, goals and assists.
“The idea is that Luis Carlos Ruiz’s relationship can be defined quickly so that he can be made available to Alberto Gamero soon,” Capera concluded.
It should be remembered that in addition to having played with Junior and Nacional, where he won the 2016 Copa Libertadores, he also played in China with Shanghai Shenhua and in Brazil with Sport Recife.