Leandro Paredes
brought a smile to the Boca fans.
The midfielder who emerged from the Xeneize youth team and world champion with the Argentine National Team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar offered an interview with the ESPN TV signal and confirmed that he will return to
Boca
.
What is not known is when.
And since yapa, he assured that he will also try to bring
Paulo Dybala
, a teammate in Roma and a confessed fan of the La Ribera club.
The footballer born in San Justo who will turn 30 this year also spoke about his life as a world champion, his relationship with Lionel Scaloni, the moment of the National Team, among other things;
But without a doubt, the spotlight was taken by the statements about his return to Argentina, to the club of his loves.
“Before the four years end, you have to come
,” Paredes cited what Juan Román Riquelme told him, in reference to his presidency, which he assumed last December.
Both maintain contact and one of the main topics of conversation is about when he will wear the blue and gold shirt again.
The first option is that it be during the administration of the ruling party, therefore, the fans will not have to wait long to have a world champion in the Bombonera, a stadium that was tattooed on the back and that always stands out as the most beautiful in the world. .
“When I spoke with him, he told me that he knew I still had time in Europe and that I should make my decision
,” explained the midfielder, but Riquelme was faithful to his style, putting pressure on the answer and added that “he still told me that he There are four years left and before four I have to go.”
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The world champion midfielder wants to return to Boca and the president's insistence is undoubtedly something positive, which is why he will evaluate how his career continues in order to determine his future, in the not very long term.
"I told him yes.
He knows how much I want to go to the club, he also told me that he felt that I still have to continue being in Europe but that the doors are always open
,” he explained when in doubt about what his response was.
The 29-year-old player, who played for He advanced:
“I'm sure I'll be there before those four years
. ”
The heroic act of Leandro donning Boca's jersey once again and competing in a big way is not the only great speculation that is growing in the world of Argentine football.
Another of Qatar's conquering “jewels” could also accompany him.
None other than his Roma teammate
Paulo Dybala
would have a good chance of arriving in Buenos Aires during that period.
“I drive him crazy all the time
,” Paredes confessed about Paulo's destination to Argentina.
“I'm going to try to bring him, it's his decision, I don't know what he wants for his career but I'm going to try
,” he added.
PAREDES “I'M GOING TO TRY TO HAVE DYBALA IN #MOUTH”
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Regarding their relationship with the president, both have dynamic contact as they have confirmed on several occasions;
In turn, Paredes recognizes him as a great person whom he knows and knows that he “wants the best for the club.”
“I think Riquelme as a leader has done things very well, he has changed a lot in the institution, the things they did on the property were very important for it to continue growing
,” he acknowledged about the Boca idol.
On the other hand, he could not miss the memory of the greatest feat of his career, the World Cup crowned in December 2022, which will be the greatest memory he preserves in his history.
For this reason, the footballer considers that “It is difficult to explain what it feels like, it is something that you have dreamed of since you were a child but it is difficult to explain what it feels like.
Family and friends always let you know but it's hard to explain.”
True to the style of the National Team, he spoke of its “winning mentality” and that that is why “it hurts them to lose.”
The defeat against Uruguay is not far away, a match that Argentina cost them and got the result they deserved.
“Uruguay beat us very well, they were superior for most of the game, they pressed high and beat us well.
On the few occasions that we lost to others we were not entirely satisfied that they had been superior to us,” he explained.
After that defeat in the Qualifiers, the alarms went off when
Lionel Scaloni
suspended his continuity as coach of the Albiceleste, a decision of which the locker room was not warned.
However, despite having a great relationship between the two and being one of the “pampered footballers” who was there from the beginning of the manager's cycle, he commented that he
did not speak with him “directly”
and that
“the statement was very surprising
. ”
“We knew that it was difficult for him not to continue because he is a pillar of us and the head of the group and we came to this moment together and it was not the time to leave, he did not feel it either,” he
confirmed.
The Argentine coach, who occupies the top positions along with Thomas Tuchel as the best Paredes has ever had, makes things "very easy for him, he gives me confidence, he is very close to the player, he tells me things to my face, he has helped me very much." Therefore, when his arrival at the World Cup was not the best because he was not one hundred percent, Scaloni
"was sorry too" and he let him know, so when it was his turn he "never" made a bad face
.
Roma, which is fighting to reach the top positions in Serie A and competing for the Europa League, has a new coach after the departure of José Mourinho and it is none other than
Daniele de Rossi
, another of the luxuries that Boca had in recent years, where he announced his retirement from football.
Leandro Paredes said that
“he went crazy with Boca”
and that
“his dream was to be Boca coach and play there
. ”
Finally, the destination was Rome and the deal was fulfilled in Italy, where the footballer is now under the command of another world champion.