05/12/2020 - 17:13
- Clarín.com
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Boca is a world reference and for years several footballers with no connection to Argentina have expressed their sympathy for the passion that exists in La Bombonera. From the arrival of Daniele De Rossi, the surnames that told of his (unlikely) desire to wear the blue and yellow shirt at some point multiplied. And that is something that happened in the last hours with striker Lukas Podolski, world champion with Germany in 2014.
Rodrigo Codas, soccer intermediary and businessman, took advantage of the global brake caused by the pandemic to have air minutes on radio and TV programs. Its objective? Earn a name to offer the Podolski pass and thus get a financial return for the operation. Something that for example he did in 2019, when he offered it in Monterrey and Flamengo around these latitudes.
He also sought to seduce Olimpia from Paraguay, among other groups to which he offered the 34-year-old forward, who for some years has been roaming in lower-level competitions, such as the Japanese and the Turkish.
Podolski was world champion in 2014. (Photo: AFP)
"I spoke to Podolski and he said he is interested in coming to Boca, because he is a fan. Nobody called me from Boca yet," said the intermediary at TyC Sports . And it was Jorge Amor Ameal who kindly referred to a subject outside the club's priorities: "It fills us with pride that there are soccer players from all over the world who want to play for Boca, but reality today marks something else." Thumbs down for a striker who still has a contract with Turkey's Antalyaspor, where he charges 5 million euros per season .
Previously, Edinson Cavani had been the first surname to ring in this preview of a pass market that has not yet started and, above all, has little certainty about the future of world football. With the Uruguayan at least there was a communication from Juan Román Riquelme to find out his situation. Nothing more than that. Neither offers nor economic engineering: just an exchange of messages to find out what the PSG striker's idea is.
Dani Alves visited La Bombonera and shared her happiness with her followers.
The other brilliant name the quarantine brought was that of Dani Alves. The Brazilian winger who just turned 37 exposed more than once that he dreams of putting on the blue and gold jersey at Brandsen 805.
But beyond the fact that Riquelme always responds to this type of public subtlety with private messages of thanks, from the club they did not start working for him for something simple: he has a link for another year with San Pablo, where he charges close to 5 million of dollars, more than double what the best footballer of the Miguel Russo team receives.
The winks continue in times of geographical remoteness but virtual closeness. The Spanish Ander Herrera trains in quarantine with the Boca shirt, while waiting to return to practice with PSG. Colombian Hugo Rodallega assures that he would take a plane from Turkey to play with Carlos Tevez and company. The Uruguayan Lucas Torreira says that after his time at the English Arsenal he would like to wear Boca's shirt. And Felipe Melo , De Arrascaeta and more than one Argentine who is around the planet soccer ...
Ander Herrera plays at PSG. (Photo: REUTERS / Emmanuel Foudrot)
The truth is that the Football Council that Riquelme commands analyzes earthly options, looking for a way to sustain the squad that ended up being Superliga champion, to renew high contracts and to renegotiate loans.
Think of buying Pol Fernández at the end of the year and of making an investment for an Argentine tip if the Copa Libertadores is to be played during 2020. He does not get on any of the smoky trains of declarations that do not have a correlate in negotiations.
All of them say they intend to play in Boca, although Boca is not looking for them ...
