Daniel Avellaneda
03/18/2021 18:12
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 03/18/2021 6:12 PM
Gonzalo Sosa was born in Florencio Varela with the gift of the soccer player
.
And as a child it was successfully tested in Boca.
He played in the children's xeneizes until a hard time came:
his parents could no longer take him to Casa Amarilla
.
A matter of time and cost, of course.
Because the boy who was born on March 5, 2005 comes from a humble family that lives a few meters from the Alpargatas roundabout.
Then, he ended up in Defense and Justice.
Monchi
Medina, utility and baby football coordinator, received the information from a kid from the third cordon of the suburbs that broke it.
And Adrián Fernández, president of the Amateur Football Department, closed a deal with the
Falcon
:
they gave him the pass in exchange for ... 10 balls!
Today, with just turned 16,
Sosa became prominent because Barcelona and Real Madrid are vying for his pass.
It is also in the plans of Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Milan, Juventus and PSG.
The videos of a boy who earned the nickname
"The Talented"
for his great handling and technique
reached Europe
.
Scouts have a great appreciation of the player.
"
It is the closest thing to Riquelme that there is in the square,"
says his representative, Martín Sendoa.
And although he does not have a contract, he assures: "
Gonza is not going to leave without buying the pass from Racing."
He has her tied up.
Sosa was born in Florencio Varela, he played in the Boca children's team, but he established himself in Racing.
"Barça, on the trail of Gonzalo Sosa,"
reported
Sport
, the Catalan sports newspaper.
"
Barça, ahead of Madrid's race in the race for the Talented,
"
published
As
, a newspaper from the Spanish capital.
Emissaries from Barcelona are in Buenos Aires to meet the boy and make an economic proposal.
Santiago Solari, who is now the coach of América de México, had received good references from the player.
The kid already has a Real Madrid shirt.
It was given to him by Sendoa and had the signature of Cristiano Ronaldo.
“For the stride, for the speed, for everything he looks like Roman.
He even puts his ass (sic) like him.
He is the best hitch of the lower ranks, ”says Sendoa, alias el
Ninja
, former Argentinos and Cerro Porteño player, Nicolás Otamendi's agent, among others.
And he clarifies:
“I'm not going to steal the player from anyone.
Whoever wants to take the boy first is going to have to sit down with the Racing leaders ”.
CR7.
With Martín Sendoa, his representative.
He gave him the shirt signed by the Portuguese crack.
The news reached Víctor Blanco
from across the Atlantic.
But
the president, for now, is not concerned or thinking about shielding the jewel
that everyone talks about, “the last pearl of South America”, according to the newspaper As. “He is a minor and like all of them, he is listed in the club.
Contracts are signed for the youth who are close to making their debut in the First Division, ”said the blue and white boss to
Clarín
.
"Let someone else define me, I don't want to get bigger ...", replied the boy during an interview with the
Racingmaníacos
portal
after the victory of the Ninth against the Board of Trustees.
"I like Riquelme," he acknowledged.
# PromesasDelTita👨🏼🎓⚽️
Do not miss the statements of Gonzalo Sosa, youth of the Ninth Division, after the day of inferiors between #Racing - #Patronato!
pic.twitter.com/V8Z3pOwmFv
- Racingmaníacos (@RacingManiacos) November 6, 2019
In that same note, made in 2019, he said: “I entered the pension this year, I miss my family a
lot
,
many garrones in my house…
they took me out of here a bit.
Now that they are far away, I miss them more than ever ”.
Sosa returned home and Sendoa hired a driver to take him back and forth to the Tita property.
Since he still needs more physical conditioning, three times per
Lautaro Martínez, Rodrigo De Paul, Luciano Vietto, Roger Martínez, Juan Musso emerged from the Racing quarry and the firms continue.
In the last decade, as a result of good work in the lower divisions, the club had revenues of
100 million dollars.
That is why he went from the dark times of bankruptcy to a surplus and orderly accounts that allowed him to win three titles in the last five years.