Juan Román Riquelme
, president of Boca, gave an interview to the ESPN program F90, hosted by Sebastián Vignolo, and in the middle of the talk he had a spicy exchange with two of the show's panelists:
Marcelo Sottile and Diego Fucks
.
After giving his opinion about
Valentín Barco
and how the now Brighton and Hove Albion player in England handled himself, the exchange between Riquelme and the panelists began.
It all started when
Cholo Sottile
asked about the statement of the former Boca player who had assured that
they did not answer the phone
and added:
"You know what happens, that from the outside it even seemed at one point a bit of a personal situation, the representative is
Adrián Roucco, the same as Carlos Tevez
and I told you about conflict because there was a lot of negotiation," said the panelist.
🗣️#Riquelme in #ESPNF90 to Cholo Sottile s/#Barco
"It is NOT a PERSONAL problem. The boy made the decision, as well as Castro, the boy from Vélez who wishes him the best when he goes to Europe. Each representative seeks to earn their money in their own way".
pic.twitter.com/C4FCtCQIvw
— Boca Juniors - La12Tuittera (@la12tuittera) January 26, 2024
To this, the president of Boca responded:
"It's fine Marcelo, but it always
'seems like'
to you .
Things are clear to me, so enough of wanting to draw conclusions from
'Riquelme meant that, it seems to me that the other thing happened'
" .
Quickly the ESPN panelist again insisted on the personal situation and Román replied:
"
But you are going anywhere. Where do you want to go?
For me it is simple. What the boy did is not nice, it is not nice "But there are no problems. When someone wants to terminate the contract, it is because the player signs the paper and takes charge. You have to take charge
. "
To finish with the first of the crosses, Riquelme continued against Sottile.
"For me, your question with which the boy said that they didn't answer the phone is
not valid
, it seems to me that there are more important questions than those .
Sottile insisted on the issue so that Riquelme could clarify what had happened and, already annoyed, the xeneize
idol
snapped at him "I don't understand you, with all the respect that you deserve,
I don't understand where you want to go. Every time you ask a question, "You are looking for me
. I see this clearly."
After a few minutes, the talk continued in which they talked about La Bombonera and the second spicy crossover arrived, this time between Riquelme and Chavo
Fucks
.
"Riquelme":
For the answer he gave to Chavo Fucks: "at three in the afternoon you don't say that."pic.twitter.com/Ri46baAtdP
— Trends in Argentina (@becauseTTarg) January 26, 2024
The journalist and panelist of the midday edition of F90 came to the crossroads, in an annoying manner, due to the statements of the president of the Ribera club.
"Román, allow me. In the particular case of Barco, I don't think it's a small amount of money, first. Second, I don't have to give an opinion on everything; and third, I don't talk about this all day long
. What I simply want to tell you is that we , who follow football from here and abroad, is not the only Boca club that has these problems.
We are talking about River, Vélez and Independiente that has problems with Santiago López, we know about player prices, so it is not that we have a silver opinion, There are simply quotes that seem high, others seem low,"
Fucks
began and continued against Riquelme: "You talk a lot about the media and TV and you say things that don't happen in reality.
It makes me angry that you talk to me about journalism and I don't. "I get involved in your business in Boca, you explain to me, I listen to you. Journalism is something different from what you suppose
. "
Given this, Riquelme, with a gesture of unwavering aplomb, replied:
"You often don't talk about football.
This is not a business for me
.
This is the club of my life, but not my business
. "
But Fucks continued crossing the former xeneize player saying that he should not "run with that" and continued with the topic that the xeneize Idol always talks about journalism and things that are not true.
Román replied:
"Don't get angry, Chavo
. "
To relax the atmosphere of the conversation and lower the tension,
Daniel Arcucci
asked Riquelme if journalists
overestimate
or overpraise the players of the Ribera club, to which the former player responded with total ease:
"That happened all their lives, they have been living off of me for twenty-something years assuming what I meant".