Boca: Seven days after the contract expires, Xeneize and Salvio disagree

With an outdated schedule for the start of the league competition and the restart of the Copa Libertadores, while the coaches plan the matches, the clubs are moving in the rearmament of the teams. A particularity that has altered the scoreboard in this 2022 World Cup. And in that context, Boca moves, with much more certainty regarding its starting eleven to face Corinthians but forced to put substitutes too quickly at the start of the national tournament. Team B will take the field against Unión and will all focus on Tuesday’s match in Sao Paulo.

But in the little that needs to be solved urgently in terms of passes, it is the Salvio theme takes center stage. Is that the player, just recovered from a new muscle injury, will play the match against Corinthians two days after his contract with the club expires. Will it be for the return? Will there be a resolution before that date? Will it change course?

The cards are on the table for the striker who arrived from Benfica in 2019 and who alternated good and bad performances at the club (69 games, 18 goals and 4 titles) but who was hit by a ligament injury that upset his plans and those of Bocca. It has taken him nearly a year to return and he hasn’t quite done it yet.. To the point that today the young Exequiel Zeballos has conquered the position in the starting eleven.

However, in Boca they were clear. Y indicated a renewal of the contract, with December 2023 as the first deadline and an automatic update for another 18 months. But despite the player having declared more than once in public that his desire was to continue in Boca, the final ok still did not exist. The reason? The money he asks for in the exchange (Boca is regulated by certain ceilings and not by the official one) and the commissions of his representative, Agustín Jiménez (son of the vice president of Racing), who asks for a compensation similar to that made in 2019, when the money was advanced by the club at the time of signing. This will not happen.

For Sebastián Battaglia the renewal of Salvio would be important but not even transcendental. And he avoided getting involved in the club’s budget plans, aware of the great contract he was offered (one of the highest in the squad) and also that in recent times the player has experienced conflict situations (with complaints from his ex-wife) . which make them prefer to stay in Argentina today. Meanwhile, Vélez and Lanús remain alert. And the outside? He has options from Mexico, MLS and some from Europe.

Both sides remain optimistic about a deal, but seven days into the end of his contract, it’s still pending. And Salvio’s return to the field (and his level) could end up accelerating a response, despite the club’s conclusion that the budget designed for him will not start from the offer that was presented to him. Now define Totò.

The rest of the market has Boca moving with a focus on renewals and not so much on hiring. All parties understand that they are covered. And the TD asked for a substitution only in the event of the loss of a prominent player or those who are the first substitute. Even if as a club they are attentive to the opportunities that arise from a large market, with competitions in which it can last or be eliminated and that still grows longer.

Martín Payero’s research is still stuck on the same point: from England they only transfer him with a sale and Boca prefer to have him on loan. Arturo Vidal? Same: the club found out about his situation but did not formally move the chips. In the meantime, without emergencies, they will also analyze by incorporating a central marker in case Gastón Ávila emigrates and before December, when Carlos Izquierdoz (with contract expiring) or Zambrano (explained more than once he can leave) will have a chance to leave .

Training against the Union

The team to receive Unión, on the other hand, if there are no imponderables, will be with Javier García; Marcelo Weigandt (can be transferred to Gimnasia de La Plata or Rosario Central), Figal, Zambrano, Fabra; Medina, Campuzano, Molinas; Langoni, Luis Vázquez and Salvio.