Agustín Almendra
put an end to his novel in
Boca
and will have a new opportunity in the world of football.
The 23-year-old youth will once again be taken into account by a club after being separated from the Xeneize squad.
The one who set his sights on him was his former teammate
Fernando Gago of him
so that he could become a reinforcement for
Racing
starting in the middle of the year as a free player.
Four hundred and twenty-five days after his last appearance on the courts, Almendra has a new chance with the ball.
The footballer who knew how to be a promise for the lower Boquenses at the time, after making his debut at the hands of
Guillermo Barros Schelotto
in 2018, will cease to be a Boca player as of June 30.
Therefore, from the first day of July he will be under the orders of the Racing coach.
This is already a reality since Almendra signed a
pre-contract until 2026 and passed the
corresponding medical examination to leave everything ready to join his new club as soon as possible.
In this way, in the midst of the renewal negotiations with Matías Rojas, Gago would already have his first reinforcement for the middle of the year.
The boy for a few weeks already showed hints on his social networks about the possibility of joining Avellaneda's team since he posted stories in which he was seen watching the Academy matches.
Almendra's like on Twitter.
Photo: @AgustinAlmendr5
A few days ago, Almendra liked a post by journalist Augusto César.
The maximum curiosity of the message that the midfielder liked is about the revealing fact that the chronicler writes at the end of the text: "The player wanted to have revenge in Argentina and more in the club of which he is a fan."
Not caring about a possible annoyance from the Xeneizes fans after having kissed the shield on a few occasions, Almendra sought to validate the information that was provided about him in his own way.
How does Agustín Almendra play?
It was always public knowledge that Gago has a devotion to Almendra
.
At the time he had already tried to bring a formal offer to the Football Council, who did not want to reinforce a direct rival in national competitions.
Likewise, the news of the youth's departure, in a similar way to that of Agustín Rossi, did not go down well within d
The La Academia coach was Almendra's teammate throughout 2018
, where they shared the field on several occasions and even had a good relationship.
Pintita must believe that she has the tools to restore the desire to play soccer in the midfielder.
Almendra, as a child wearing the Racing shirt.
Photo: Twitter
A total of 69 games with six goals are the records left by the footballer in Boca
.
He began to have many minutes with Miguel Ángel Russo and became important with Battaglia when it came to demonstrating a high level of play.
But his fight with the club's top winner during a training session on February 28, 2022, where Almendra accused his coach of being managed by
Juan Román Riquelme
when it came to stopping the teams, was what caused the relationship between the footballer and the squad is broken.
Faced with what was considered a lack of respect for the coaching staff and the entire team, the boy was removed and lowered to the reserve, at least during the entire Battaglia cycle.
But Almendra's anger with the club was so great that when
Hugo Ibarra
took office and he had the chance to return to the first team, the midfielder rejected the proposal as well as the opportunity to renew his relationship with the institution for personal reasons.
The player felt mistreated by the leadership for not giving him the support he was looking for after being hanged.
In addition, he had a bad relationship with several of his companions, such as
Darío Benedetto
.
Since the end of last year it was already known that the youth team would not put on the blue and gold shirt again.
Almendra in his Instagram stories watching Racing.
Photo: @agusalmendra
For this reason, since January, with six months left to finish his contract, Almendra was available to hold talks with any club as if he were a free agent.
For this reason,
the negotiations with Racing were carried out exclusively with the player
, without any Xeneize manager involved, who will not receive any amount for this transfer either.
It is worth remembering that Almendra was close to emigrating to
Rayo Vallecano
of Spain to play in the second division of the European country.
The negotiations took place at the beginning of this year, they had arranged a contract for 4 years, but they came to nothing after the player did not have good results when it came to undergoing a medical examination.
As a result of this, the club ruled out his arrival.
Similarly, before leaving the institution of La Ribera Almendra must resolve a matter of money.
The steering wheel would have asked him for a loan of 500 thousand dollars to be able to buy his house from Xeneize, an amount that he still has to repay.
Agustín Almendra during one of the training sessions at Xeneize.
Photo: Boca Juniors.
The time Almendra almost retired at age 20
This is not the first time that Almendra has been away from football for a long time, but once he was close to retiring at just 21 years old.
In 2020, the player who continued to excite the fans thanks to his class and ability that he showed,
began to miss training for no apparent reason
.
Almendra did not answer the calls either and he completely withdrew from the football environment for more than three months in which he suffered from depression.
The soccer player was in rebellion.
He did not want to return to the club and did not respond to the fines he received for job abandonment
.
Marcos Rojo
and Riquelme were the ones who convinced him to play again.
After the arrival of the former Estudiantes de La Plata at Xeneize, the player found out about the situation of the midfielder and decided to help him in this situation.
This allowed the two to form a close relationship.
Marcos Rojo and Agustín Almendra, friends off the field, took photos with the fans after being champions. Photo: Twitter @Victor_Bocajrs
On the part of the vice president of the club, he sought to have a personal chat with the youth so that he could reconsider the decision he had made.
After being accompanied and cared for, the player ended up rejoining the squad.
“
I thought about leaving, it was a bad decision, but now I am very happy
.
I spoke with Román and he told me the truth, that he had to be calm and enjoy himself.
If you don't enjoy this, it's very difficult," said the midfielder at the time.
This is how a third chance is given to Almendra by football so that he can finish exploding and demonstrate the qualities that were able to excite Boca.
This time, Racing will be his new guide in his football career.
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