Injuries and poor performance became a determining factor for his departure: Percy Liza leaves Sporting Cristal. The 23-year-old forward and the club reached an agreement to end the contractual relationship. In this way, he will not be considered for the formation of the squad for the 2024 season in the light blue tent. It should be noted that he was only able to debut in the Clausura Tournament, after returning from his loan at Marítimo de Portugal. Minutes after hearing the news, it was announced that he will play for Carlos A. Mannucci in Trujillo.
“The Sporting Cristal Club informs the Celeste Family and the public in general that we have reached an agreement with the footballer Percy Liza to end his contractual relationship. Percy was part of the club from youth football in 2017 until its promotion to professional football, having been part of the squad that won the title in 2020.the club announced.
Even touted as one of the forwards of the Peruvian National Team in the future, there is no doubt that Percy Liza’s present in the last season was overshadowed by the accumulation of injuries and little significance on the playing field (when he had the opportunity to enter ). For this reason, his departure from the club seemed to be a fact.
From August 2022, He was part of Marítimo de Portugal, where he was on loan. Here he had the opportunity to score a goal and debuted in the main squad, where he played 11 games. However, the coach stopped considering him due to lack of commitment to performance issues (injury problems). Thus he returned to Sporting Cristal in June 2023, where he was able to have minutes in the Clausura Tournament and only played 3 games.
Percy Liza will play in Carlos A. Mannucci
Continuing with the news in the League 1 transfer market, after his departure from Sporting Cristal, it was learned that Percy Liza will play for Carlos A. Mannuci. Yes, the Trujillo team announced the signing of him in a contractual relationship that will be for 2 seasons.
The ‘Carlista’ team made it public through their social networks and this is how the forward will have the opportunity to be coached by Franco Navarro, who arrived from ADT. Willyam Mimbela and Christian Velarde are other reinforcements of the team.
Sporting Cristal is still looking for a new coach
At Sporting Cristal they are already thinking about the start of the next season (January 26, 2024), taking into account that they will also be part of Phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores 2024. After the announcement of the departure of Tiago Nunes as coach ( signed for Botago), in the celeste store he is still looking for a new strategist.
Jorge Célico confirmed the interests, but decided to stay in Ecuador for personal reasons. Renato Paiva also said that he is interested in other projects, given the question of putting on the light blue sweatshirt. In the coming days there could be more news, with the idea of forming a competitive squad.
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