He recently played in the Champions League, but chose Warta instead of Legia. He explained the reasons

Frank Castaneda has spent the last year and a half in. In the Moldovan league in the 2020/21 season, he became the top scorer with 28 goals. In total, in 52 league matches he scored 34 goals and 21 assists. The Colombian also contributed significantly to Sheriff’s promotion to – in qualifying he participated in five goals of the Moldovan champions (2 goals, 3 assists) and played five matches in the group stage. At the end of the year, Castaneda decided not to renew his contract with Sheriff. For a long time, however, he could not find a new club. A few days ago, ESPN announced that, despite official talks with Deportivo Cali, the footballer will contribute. The footballer will actually go to Poland, but to Warta Poznań. Why?

– In Poland, we talked with Legia, Górnik and Warta. So why Warta? Partly because it was the only club to accept a short contract until the end of the season. However, as for Legia and Górnik. On the one hand, I understand that the Warsaw club preferred a longer contract, but during the talks I tried to convince them that sometimes it is worth thinking short-term. A fight for maintenance before Legia and such a striker would certainly be useful to her, just in this period. And in the summer you could build a team for the next seasons. But I emphasize: maintenance first. Nevertheless, as I said, I understand this approach by Legia. He has the right to do so, says Tony Slot, Castaneda’s agent, quoted by “”.

Fans are wondering what form the Colombian will be in, since he has not played since December. – I trained hard in winter, I think that I am ready to compete, I will soon join the training with Warta and start preparing for the next games – says Castaneda.

And he adds: – I had several options in different countries, but I believe that for some reason God sent me to Poland. Ekstraklasa is a good league, I want to show my best side in every game. I want to help Warta stay in Ekstraklasa, at this point it is the most important thing.

Legia will play with Warta

Both teams are in the relegation zone and are neighbors in the table. Legia is 16th and has only a point advantage over Warta Poznań. The Polish champions lost the race with Warta for Colombian forward Frank Castaneda, but on the pitch they should have had no problems winning. Warta is the worst offensive in the league. The team from Poznań scored only 15 goals.