The transfer market in the Liga BetPlay remains open despite the Colombian tournament having already started, and there have been several updates in recent hours.
One of the players who is still without a club is José Ortiz, a defender who was one of the most valued in the first half of the year and who, for extra-football reasons, did not continue at Independiente Santa Fe.
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This was one of the departures that hurt the 'cardenal' fans the most because of what he did in the first season, he even entered the club's history by scoring the 5,000th goal.
However, it has been revealed that, after becoming a free player, he is very close to defining his future, and his new team would be Junior de Barranquilla, a club that is looking for a central defender at all costs.
Ortiz would be the right choice due to the level he showed with Santa Fe and because he is one of the players with the most potential at only 23 years old, he even knows what it is like to play in one of the best leagues on the continent like the Mexican league, where he was with Mazatlán and Morelia.
'Pepe' would arrive to compete for a starting position at 'tiburón', taking into account that, for that area, Junior has tried with a couple of foreign players, with whom no agreement was reached. In this regard, Ortiz would be the chosen one, which would confirm the presence of Argentine Fabián Sambueza within the institution regarding foreign player quotas.