At 18 years old, Paolo Guerrero let Lima Alliance to sign for him Bayern Munichgiant of German football. The Peruvian striker did not debut in the first division and thanks to the team’s scouts ‘Bavarian’ ended up in European football. Claudio Pizarrothe club’s attacker at the time, welcomed him with open arms.
Much later, in an interview with DyT, a program hosted by Diego Rebagliati and Talía Azcárate, the ‘Predator’ He spoke about what it was like when he left the club of his loves to reach the Bundesliga. Let’s review his best statements and that controversy that caused annoyance among some fans. ‘blue and white’.
“It’s not that I didn’t do well. There is no point in mentioning it. I didn’t have a professional contract. My parents told me that when I was 18 I would sign my first contract and it didn’t happen like that. I had the proposal from the Belgian club, but it was in English and we didn’t understand it. We were able to translate it, but they said ‘why are we going to send it to be translated if they don’t want to do it for us to sign it?’ Seeing that they didn’t get their act together, my parents said ‘Paolo, you know what? We are not going to negotiate anymore. Rest assured that a better proposal will come. “God knows why he does things,” was what Paolo Guerrero commented about the first offer he received from ‘old continent’.
“I was looking to leave Alianza Lima. I always watched a lot of European football and said ‘I want to be there’. When Bayern Munich arrived, I said ‘that’s it’. I signed an invitation and when they told me ‘we want you here’, they spoke to the people at the club. When they talk to Alianza, I no longer know what happened. That is an administrative issue. There they tell me that they would go to FIFA to resolve it. For having left, FIFA punished me and then they determined how much they had to pay Alianza,” he clarified.
Did it go wrong? This is what the historic scorer of the Peruvian team responded: “I don’t think I went wrong. It was an opportunity. I was in Alianza and it was a nice opportunity, but I wanted to play in Europe. I told myself ‘now is the time’. I discussed everything with my parents, they told me it was time. At that time they didn’t give me much opportunity at Alianza Lima. I said to myself ‘When am I going to play? I have the opportunity to go and play in the Champions League and this is the path that God has given me,’” said Paolo Guerrero.
During his time in the Bundesliga, Paolo Guerrero wore the shirts of the Bayern Munich (2002-2006) and Hamburg (2006-2012).
With the team shirt ‘Bavarian’ managed to score 13 goals and 10 assists in 45 official matches. On the other hand, his time in ‘dinosaur’ was superior, achieving 51 goals and 29 assists in 183 games. Without a doubt, he left his mark in the German league. During that period, he obtained four titles. After this adventure, he signed for Corinthians in Brazil, where he would be champion of the Club World Cup.
After more than 20 years abroad, Paolo Guerrero returned to Alianza Limawith whom he could not make his professional debut (he did so at Bayern Munich), but with the intention of writing his own history in the club that formed him.
And after a controversial departure from Cesar Vallejomarked his return to the team he loved, which remains in the fight for the Clausura Tournament. Precisely, the one born in Chorrillos has already been able to score 1 gol (before Sport Boys) and toast 1 assist (against Melgar) in a total of 4 games.
The former Bayern Munich forward will try to emulate what his best friend, Jefferson Farfán, did, who also returned to the team ‘alliancist’ (2021) and became national champion.