02/19/2020 - 19:15
- Clarín.com
- sports
After negotiations progressing at a slow pace, finally this Wednesday there was an agreement: Agustín Almendra will move from Boca to Miami Inter de David Beckham, which this year will debut in the Major League Soccer (MLS) of the United States.
The pass will be made on loan with charge and with a purchase option. The medical studies and the signing of the contract remain and then the clubs make the official announcement.
Although in principle the intention was to get rid of older players who were not going to be in the foreground with Miguel Russo, case Iván Marcone and Ramón Ábila, the lack of proposals made the leadership move to negotiate one of The jewels of the club. So it was that the possibility of MLS took hold unexpectedly.
Almendra, who just turned 20, debuted at Boca in April 2018, played 34 games, scored two goals and won a title from Guillermo Barros Schelotto, in the 2017/18 Super League.
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The kid trains in Boca but never took place in the Russo team, as it happened in the second half of 2019 with Gustavo Alfaro . In fact, he has not played since 10 November against Vélez and was not even part of the delegation of 20 players who traveled the weekend to Santiago del Estero.
Inter Miami is the team that created the English Beckham from scratch and in less than two weeks will begin its participation in the North American league.
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Although they were mentioned as possible reinforcements to world football mega stars, Luca Modric, Edinson Cavani, Gareth Bale, Antoine Griezmann, Neymar and even Leo Messi, it was finally more modest for this first season.
The technician confirmed at the end of the year was the Uruguayan Diego Alonso and in his coaching staff will be Sebastián Saja as coach of archers and Claudio Arzeno as assistant.
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And it has as reinforcements the Argentine Julián Carranza (Banfield) and Matías Pellegrini (Students), in addition to the recent announcement by Rodolfo Pizarro (Monterrey of Mexico).
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