Racing remains with a promise from Boca: Almendra has signed a pre-contract and will play in the Academy

Augustine Almond ended his novel in Mouth and will have a new opportunity in the world of football. The 23-year-old will be considered by a club again after being parted ways with the Xeneize squad. The one who laid eyes on him was his former partner Fernando Gago so that it becomes a reinforcement of racing since mid-year as a free player. Four hundred twenty-five days after his last appearance on the pitch, Almendra has a new chance with the ball.

The footballer who at the time knew how to be a promise for the inferiors of Boquense, after making his debut at the hands of Guillermo Barros Schelotto in 2018 he will stop being a Boca player from June 30th. From the first day of July, therefore, he will be under the orders of the Racing technician.

This has already been a reality since Almendra signed a pre-contract until 2026 and passed the medical examination leave everything ready to join your new club as soon as possible. In this way, in the middle of the renewal negotiations with Matías Rojas, Gago would already have his first reinforcement for mid-year.

The boy had already been showing hints on his social networks for a few weeks about the possibility of joining Avellaneda’s team since he posted stories in which he was seen attending Academy matches.

A few days ago, Almendra enjoyed a post by journalist Augusto César. The greatest curiosity of the message that the midfielder liked concerns the revealing fact that the reporter writes at the end of the text: “The player wanted revenge in Argentina and more in the club he is a fan of”.

Heedless of possible annoyance from Xeneizes fans after kissing the shield on a few occasions, Almendra tried to validate the information provided about him in his own way.

It has always been public knowledge that Gago has a devotion to Almendra. At the time he had already tried to make a formal offer to the Football Council, who didn’t want to reinforce a direct rival in domestic competition. Likewise, the news of the young man’s departure, similar to that of Agustín Rossi, did not go well within d

The La Academia coach was Almendra’s teammate throughout 2018, where they shared the pitch on several occasions and also had a good relationship. Pintita must believe he has the tools to give the midfielder the will to play football again.

A total of 69 matches with six goals are the records that the footballer has left for 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 manager of being managed by Juan Roman Riquelme When it came to stopping the teams, that was what caused the relationship between the footballer and the team to break down. Faced with what was considered a lack of respect towards 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 was so great with the club that when he took over Hugh Ibarra and had the opportunity to return to the first team, the midfielder refused the offer as well as the opportunity to renew the relationship with the institution for personal reasons. The player felt mistreated by the management for not giving him the support he was looking for after being hanged. Also, he had a bad relationship with many of his classmates, such as Darius Benedict. Since the end of last year it was known that the youth teams would no longer wear the blue shirt.

For this reason, since January, six months after the end of his contract, Almendra was available to deal with any club as if he were a free agent. Here because, negotiations with Racing took place exclusively with the playerwithout any Xeneize manager in between, who won’t get any amount for this signing either.

It is worth mentioning that Almendra was close to emigration Vallecano ray from Spain to play in the second division of the European country. The negotiation took place earlier this year, they had agreed on a 4-year contract, but they fell through after the player did not perform well when it came to undergoing a medical. As a result, the club ruled out his arrival.

Similarly, before leaving the institute of La Ribera Almendra has to solve a question of money. La Volante would have asked him for a loan of 500 thousand dollars to be able to buy his house from Xeneize, an amount that he has yet to repay.

The moment Almendra nearly retired at the age of 20

It’s not the first time Almendra has been away from football for a long time, but he was once close to retiring at just 21 years of age.

In 2020, the player who continued to thrill the fans thanks to his class and ability he showed, He started missing practice for no apparent reason. Almendra also did not return calls and withdrew completely from the footballing scene for more than three months during which time he suffered from depression. The footballer was in revolt. He did not want to return to the club and did not respond to the fines he received for abandoning his job.

red frames and Riquelme were the ones who convinced him to play again. After the arrival of the former Estudiantes de La Plata to Xeneize, the player discovered the situation of the midfielder and decided to help him in this situation. This allowed the two to form a close relationship.

On the part of the vice president of the club, he tried to have a personal conversation with the young man so that he could reconsider the decision he had made. After being accompanied and treated, the player ended up rejoining the team.

“I thought about leaving, it was a bad decision, but now I’m very happy. I spoke to Román and he told me the truth, that I had to be calm and have fun. If you don’t like this, it’s very difficult” the midfielder said at the time.

This is how football gives Almendra a third chance to finish exploding and demonstrate the qualities that have been able to excite Boca. This time, Racing will be his new guide in his football career.