After hanging Valentini, Boca renewed the contract of another central defender

It wasn’t a coincidence. A day after I hung up Nicola Valentini due to contractual conflict, Mouth announced the renewal of the bond of Lautaro Di Lollo, also central indicator. The youngster from the 2004 category has sealed the extension until 2028 and the club announced the news through social media. In the photo you can see it next Marcelo Delgadomember of the Football Council and right-hand man of Juan Roman Riquelme.

Di Lollo is on the concentrate list for Tuesday’s match against Godoy Cruz. Valentini, however, was separated from Diego Martínez. It wasn’t the coach’s decision, that’s clear. The managers have warned him that they will not consider him until he agrees to renew his contract, which expires on December 31st.

The 20-year-old center back has been linked to Boca until 2026, but Riquelme accelerated the extension of the relationship – and the consequent improvement of his salary – with the aim of sending a message. “He IS a very promising player,” they stated on the official website. Di Lollo joined Equi Fernández, whose contract expired in 2025 and signed the extension until 2028, and Cristian Medina, another youth gem who last year renewed his contract until December 2027.

Valentini was at the center of the storm for his decision not to accept Boca’s latest offer, the extension until 2027 or 2028. What is behind the refusal of the defender born 23 years ago in Junín? Those around them say they only remembered to close the deal in March, when the news of his call-up to the Argentine national team spread. They previously met just to chat in September.

Some proposals have arrived from Massimiliano Prat, the player’s representative. First, he wanted the clause to be no more than $10 million. Then collect a retroactive payment. Boca intends to increase the amount of the ticket holder to 15 million. With an increase of 3 million in the event that the transfer is completed close to the closure of the carnet. He didn’t talk about financial compensation, but the managers want to establish it starting from the signing of the bond and not go that far back.

When it seemed that everything had gone well, Valentini said “no”. Of course, the last word hasn’t been said, but the player wants to leave now. He considers that he comes from a good pre-Olympic tournament with the Under 23s, that the call-up to the Major has increased his price and he wants to play continuously. Beyond Boca’s tight schedule and the rotation that Martinez uses, Juninense runs from behind. The owners are Cristian Lema and Marcos Rojo. Nicolás Figal is the second option and the boy Aaron Anselmino (18 years old) started to gain ground until his injury.

There is a situation that worries Valentini and that Boca takes into account: if he doesn’t renew his contract, will he?could deny the transfer to the national team that will play the Paris Olympics? “We shouldn’t rule it out,” they told Clarín of Brandsen 805. It would be a hard blow for the player.

Meanwhile, the Valentini case is not the only one that the Football Council must resolve. Even if for now no blood has reached Riachuelo, seven players will terminate their contracts on the last day of 2024. They are Sergio Romero, Javier García, Luis Advíncula, Gonzalo Maroni (he is on loan at Tigre), Pol Fernández, Edinson Cavani and Darío Benedetto. With Ezequiel Bullaude, whose relationship will end in June, there has been no progress and everything suggests that he will leave in the middle of the year, when the break for the Copa América arrives.