Though Jarlan Junior Stagger Barrier, whose second name was given to differentiate him from his father and because of his love for the shark team, now say to the four winds and with a full mouth that “playing in Nacional was a dream I had for a long time”, and I spend it throwing darts at ‘sharks’perhaps as a way to get even with the rain of insults that rain down on him every time he steps on the Metropolitano stadium with the purslane shirt, the creative midfielder wanted and tried to dress again in rojiblanco after his fleeting stint in Rosario Central of Argentina.
THE HERALD He learned a few days ago this unpublished story from one of its protagonists, who prefers to keep his name in reserve to dribble the controversy.
After rounding off his best and most regular season in Junior in the second half of 2018, after several championships with more lows than highs, Jarlan decided not to renew his contract with the Caribbean club and went to Argentine soccer “with the pass in hand” , as they say colloquially, without leaving any weight to the club that bet on him when he left La Equidad, where he was initially recommended by the legendary Carlos ‘el Pibe’ Valderrama, his second cousin.
Quoted for reaching the 2018 League II title and for reaching the final of the South American Cupwhere he wasted a penalty that could mean victory and continental glory for the ‘Sharks’, Jarlan had offers of tigers of mexico and Rosario Central.
Finally, he chose to go to the Rosario team, amid claims of Miguel Ángel ‘the Niche’ Warrior, who claimed that Jarlan, through his intermediation, had a signed contract with Tigres. The Mexican club publicly assured that there was a formal agreement and leaders of the Argentine team said that he had signed with them. A controversial pull and pull.
The 26-year-old left-handed midfielder grabbed his motets and spent six months in Argentina without any footballing significance.
Returning to Barranquilla, he called Julio Avelino Comesana, Atletico coach at the time, and expressed his desire to return to Junior. He asked him to talk to Antonio Char so that the club’s shareholder would accept his return.
Char listened to Comesaña and agreed to reinstate Jarlan. Comesaña communicated the information to the player and told him that the manager would call him in the next few days.
On May 12, 2019, after his talk with Comesaña and receiving Char’s response through the Colombian-Uruguayan, Jarlan went to the Metropolitan Stadium to watch the match between Junior and Nacional, on the first day of the home runs. semifinals of League I, which was won by the rojiblancos after beating Pasto in the final.