Colombian defender John Hurtado will try out with Milan of Italy
08 / 01 / 2009
Colombian defender John Kennedy Hurtado, of Deportivo Cali, will travel next weekend to Italy to try out in powerful Milan, a representative of the Italian team informed. The spokesman for the administration of Milan for America, Colombian Eddi Marlés, pointed out to EFE that Hurtado will train with the team and will undergo an evaluation on the part of the technical body headed by Carlo Ancelotti. <p> Marlés explained that the club has been "observing" the Colombian player for about eight months and that after approaches with Helmuth Wennin, the footballer's manager, the trip to Italy was arranged. "To impel the football of Colombia is what interests me the most and for that reason I chose Hurtado", Marlés said. <p> The 25 year old central defender has shown solvency in the markings and the air game in his performances with Deportivo Cali, the team with which he disputed the semifinals of the last Finalization Tournament of Colombian football that was won by America, the city rival of his team. <p> Hurtado declared to the press that he will travel to Italy trusting in his conditions and said that he hopes to be linked to Milan and to "share with the figures of world football", sucyh as English David Beckham, Brazilian Ronaldinho, Ukrainian Andrey Shevchenko and Italian Paolo Maldini, Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso, among many others. <p> <font color="666666"><i>EFE</i></font>
Colombian defender John Kennedy Hurtado, of Deportivo Cali, will travel next weekend to Italy to try out in powerful Milan, a representative of the Italian team informed. The spokesman for the administration of Milan for America, Colombian Eddi Marlés, pointed out to EFE that Hurtado will train with the team and will undergo an evaluation on the part of the technical body headed by Carlo Ancelotti.
Marlés explained that the club has been "observing" the Colombian player for about eight months and that after approaches with Helmuth Wennin, the footballer's manager, the trip to Italy was arranged. "To impel the football of Colombia is what interests me the most and for that reason I chose Hurtado", Marlés said.
The 25 year old central defender has shown solvency in the markings and the air game in his performances with Deportivo Cali, the team with which he disputed the semifinals of the last Finalization Tournament of Colombian football that was won by America, the city rival of his team.
Hurtado declared to the press that he will travel to Italy trusting in his conditions and said that he hopes to be linked to Milan and to "share with the figures of world football", sucyh as English David Beckham, Brazilian Ronaldinho, Ukrainian Andrey Shevchenko and Italian Paolo Maldini, Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso, among many others.
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