The 90’s was a boom for Colombian soccer players abroad. Many were the soccer players who emigrated to different parts of the world showing the quality that there was in the country for football.
One of them was Jorge el ‘Patrón’ Bermúdez. The defender first went to Benfica, but he became much more recognized in Boca Juniors and from there he left for Olimpiakos, although he later returned to South America to play with Newell’s and then move to Barcelona from Ecuador before returning to Colombia.
The Skipper shared in Argentina with Óscar Córdoba, who at some point was supposedly linked to Barcelona, although now he denies it.
“Barcelona was more of a balloon. When you are in football you learn that sometimes opportunities appear that are more through the media, or the same managers trying to inflate the value of your pass, “said Córdoba in dialogue with Antena 2.
However, the former goalkeeper and now a panelist for television programs did say that an offer from the culé team came to the skipper and that he saw it.
“I sounded a lot at the time when‘ Tito ’Bonano left and in the end a concrete offer never came. The one who did receive a specific offer and I saw it with my own eyes went to Jorge Bermúdez, signed from Barcelona in Spain. But the negotiation could not be made by a managerial decision, an agreement was not reached; but I know that an offer did come to him, “added Córdoba.
Years later, the first Colombian defense arrived at Barcelona, because Yerry Mina put on the culé shirt, just as Jeison Murillo did later, although they did not stand out as much as they expected.
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