After Olivier Renard’s somewhat incendiary statement the day before, Romell Quioto first fanned the fire and then tried to put it out as quickly as possible.
The 31-year-old striker, with a long-term hamstring injury, was keen to avoid escalation and shared a statement on Friday afternoon.
“To all CF Montreal fans, I want to send you very warm regards and let you know that I am fully focused on my recovery in Honduras, under the supervision of the club’s medical staff. As I told Olivier Renard, my only goal is to find my teammates and help make this season a success for all of us! “, he wrote on his Instagram account.
This, however, came after a cryptic message overnight saying “tongue can do a lot”, followed by two emoticons crying with laughter. This statement was later deleted.
The day before, Thursday, during the mid-season review Renard first mentioned that Quioto was “a little bit around the world there” when it came to whether he was recovering in Miami. The Vice-President and Chief Sports Officer of CF Montreal then offered some advice to the Honduran, who is currently in the last year of his contract.
“I’m going to speak to you honestly, and not as a sports director. I advise him to do the best he can to get back to 100% as soon as possible,” he said.
“At the end of the day, he’s going to play for himself,” Renard said. He will play for a future contract, either here or for another club. I don’t see why he would go party every day. I advise him to work and come back as soon as possible. »
Let’s see what the Impact’s top scorer in the last three campaigns, and incidentally his second employee, will make of these suggestions.
