Huracán announced the millionaire sum that coach Diego Martínez paid to free himself and join Boca

Diego Martinez On Friday he was introduced as the new coach of the Boca Juniors. “I dreamed of it and wanted it, and I prepared myself,” the coach said in his first press conference, at La Bombonera. The next day, what he spoke was Hurricanehis last club.

Martínez, 45 years old, left Huracán a few days ago, the club he saved from relegation and with whom he reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 League Cup, where he consoled himself with the fact of having been the team with the most points added during the regular phase. .

The former coach of Tiger, Godoy Cruz AND Students from Buenos Aires, among other teams, had signed a contract until December 31, 2024 at Parque Patricios, with the possibility of renewing it for another season. Therefore, his departure for Boca was very conflictual and he requested a negotiation that lasted until the last moment.

The coach had already agreed with Riquelme on his arrival at Boca, but the delay in the elections of the Xeneize club complicated the terms, so Martínez had to first say that he will leave Globo at the beginning of December and several weeks later, with the result once the polls were confirmed, he was able to start trying on the blue and gold sweatshirt.

They asked Huracán for compensation, based on the advance payment of part of his contract and a commission that his representative had charged him. The information was released this Saturday by the Parque Partricios institution, which will have as DT Facundo Sava.

“Today the payment of Diego Martínez was credited, corresponding to the economic compensation requested by the Huracán”, they wrote on Globo’s social networks.

And they add: “As already reported, this amount corresponds to the six months of the contract not fulfilled by the former DT and the month of commission advanced by his representative”.

“The total sum that the institution received was 175 million pesos,” concludes the official statement from Huracán.

As happened last year, the 2024 League Cup will see Boca and Huracán in different zones, so a meeting between the two teams could only take place in the playoff matches. Naturally, in the second half of the year there will be a duel, on the 24th, in the definition phase of the Professional League and at the Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium.

The presentation of Diego Martínez to Boca

The new DT was briefly presented by Juan Roman Riquelmepresident and idol of Boca, who stated that Martínez “did a lot to be here. We hope to be able to enjoy it for a long time”.

In his first appearance before the press, Martínez said that “it is a desired experience, we are very happy to return to the club. We feel close to the players. Coaching players of Boca’s level is something very strong, but they are not doing it very easy”.

Regarding his arrival at Boca, he expressed that “this finds me in a mature moment of my career. Eight years ago I left the club and we are preparing for the most important challenge that awaits us as a technical staff and with the desire to continue to grow and seize this opportunity.”

Martínez also spoke about his tactical preferences, underlining that he likes “balanced teams. We will discover the tactical scheme this week, but I want an organized team, which has the ball longer than the opponent and which translates into arriving as many times as possible and we are not interested in having it just for the sake of it, but with meaning and completeness.

“This is a very rich team, with many variations. The idea is that we play most of the time on the rival pitch and we have people who think about how to position themselves well and work on transitions. From daily work and getting to know them more, we will look for our imprint,” the coach added.

In his management, Martínez will aim first for the local League Cup, then for the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana, a tournament that Boca won twice (2004 and 2005) and which he will play again after ten years.