Boca waits for a weekend of definitions and moves for more reinforcements

07/03/2020 - 18:34

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Boca is looking forward to a weekend that can shed light on two key players: Carlos Tevez and Mauro Zárate. While from the Apache environment they affirm that on Sunday they will respond to the last offer made by the club, the representative of the former Vélez forward is in constant communication with the Football Council and says to advance in its continuity.

Now, in Boca they carefully observed the movements made by Alejandro Domínguez, president of Conmebol, in the last meeting with the member countries of Mercosur, where he explained that the will is to resume international competitions and that there will be economic aid to implement sanitary protocols. That is why they accelerate, they designed alternatives in case the denials of continuity of the players appear that Miguel Russo said he wanted to retain.

The exits of two substitute footballers such as Marcos Díaz and Junior Alonso , in principle, are covered by Agustín Rossi, who returned after passing through Lanús, although he was interested in France by him, and by the youthful Gastón Ávila. But the coaching staff and the Football Council do not rule out adding a central marker, if a good possibility appears in the short time, to play the Copa Libertadores. And from the club they are following a foreigner.

Walter Bou and Mateo Retegui returned to practice on Wednesday via Zoom and belong to Boca as alternatives to the possible games of Jan Hurtado (he has a proposal from Puebla from Mexico and teams from Brazil ask) and Franco Soldano (Olympiakos from Greece asks for a high amount to leave it another year in the club). But alternatives may appear in these positions.

Will Guido Carrillo return to the scene if he descends with Leganés? And Jonatan Calleri , if he ends in the Second with Espanyol de Barcelona? There are half a dozen center-forwards in a survey that has been done since January, when Paolo Guerrero's chance watered down.

The pulse of the market accelerated. With Conmebol waving around the Copa Libertadores and with Caracas and Libertad from Paraguay -rivals of the group- training in their countries, in Boca they returned to the fray with calls that included the Chilean Mauricio Isla, to Racing to find out the contractual situation of Ricardo Centurión and also by other players in offensive positions, which have not yet transpired but have in mind if Tevez and Zárate lean towards non-continuity.

Beyond the controversy and pain of a possible departure of the players, the next day Boca must continue. And the Libertadores, the great objective after conquering the Super League, will not accept excuses or regrets.