Boca presses the accelerator: while waiting for Mauro Zárate, he finishes defining the squad

Matías Bustos Milla

07/14/2020 - 17:22

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With the renewal of Carlos Tevez on the table (the player already has the contract drawn up and is in the legal part) and the horizon of the restart of the official competition set for September 15, in Boca they decided to press the accelerator, in a market It was marked by extensive negotiations before the rush to return to practice set limits. Now, the Council led by Juan Román Riquelme began to define several issues.

There was a talk with Mauro Zárate in the last hours. And he was offered an upgrade to the dollar cap that had been stipulated in the initial contract . In fact, the limit that was set for Carlos Tevez, captain and the best-paid of the entire campus, was equaled. On the footballer's side, they had suggested a renegotiation clause at the end of the Copa Libertadores but from the club they already offer him to sign a new dollar scale until January and then another, with a better amount, until December 2021.

The idea of ​​the club is that the 33-year-old footballer who played a few minutes since the Miguel Russo cycle began (started as a starter but had two muscle injuries) gave the key before the weekend to advance in the preparation of the papers and that he can sign his continuity in the club before the return of the practices. The same, just in case, they have options on the agenda. It is that the DT, who asked for the continuity of the player, also seeks to have certainty about whether he can count on him.

But the Council does not stop only in Zarate. Franco Soldano also spoke in the last hours and it was clarified what is the requirement that Boca asked the Greek Olimpiakos for a new loan and with a lower purchase option. Behind him are already Walter Bou and Mateo Retegui. Was there a call to Jonathan Calleri to find out his situation after the descent? In Boca they are cautious with the option of saving an investment in a point.

Boca seeks to extend Soldano's loan

Meanwhile, the club is still waiting for a response from the Chilean Mauricio Isla (he is in Spain and has options for Betis and Valencia) to close his situation and think about options that emerged in the last hours with midfielders from the Argentine soccer. For now they wait and know that the expansion of the market, despite the fact that the return to football was hectic, may be favorable for those who have money in the treasury.

The eventual sale of Emanuel Bebelo Reynoso to the MLS is something that can make it easier for Boca to negotiate with William Tesillo , the Colombian central marker who is in León de México and who is on the football council folder to reinforce a sector that left a gap for Junior Alonso's departure. If it is not now (the left-hander has a year left on his contract) he is an interesting player to have from 2021 in the club. Man of the Selection and who can play in two positions of the defense.