Marcio Valverde has surprised several fans of Alianza Lima because he has confessed that, a few years ago, he could have been a player for Alianza Lima, but he explained that his signing could not be finalized for a solid reason.
It turns out that the current midfielder of Sport Boys said that this happened before the start of the 2020 season, as he was approached by Gustavo Zevallos (sports manager at that time), with whom he had several conversations and explored the possibility of joining the Alianza Lima team.
However, Valverde explained that, unfortunately, it only remained in conversations and he believes that his move to Alianza Lima did not materialize because he was doing well at Sport Huancayo at that time. Additionally, Marcio believes that another reason that prevented his arrival at Alianza Lima was that he still had a contract and the blanquiazules had to pay an additional amount to sign him.
"I didn't have any contact with Universitario, but I did with Alianza. It was around the end of 2019, at the beginning of 2020, I talked to Gustavo Zevallos, who was a manager or executive of Alianza at that time, but we didn't have any more contact after that, just a couple of conversations. I had a contract with Sport Huancayo and things were going well for me, so it was impossible for them to let me go and all that. They would have had to pay an additional amount, and nothing more happened," he confessed in an interview with Infobae.
Marcio Valverde
Is Marcio Valverde feeling guilty for the goal he scored against Alianza Lima in 2020?
On the other hand, Marcio Valverde was asked if he felt guilty for being one of the causes of Alianza Lima's relegation due to scoring a goal against them in the last match of 2020, and the current Sport Boys player made it clear that he doesn't feel guilty, emphasizing that the players themselves are to blame.
"I don't feel that I was to blame for Alianza's descent, I think it was the players themselves who caused that. We, as Sport Huancayo, had the obligation to win because a victory would take us to an international tournament and we had to win, no matter what. The ones to blame for the relegation are the players," he stated.