Chiquito Romero will wear jersey number 25. Photo: Boca press
Three hours before the final closure of the booklet, Mouth detonated the market bomb and fixed the arrival of Sergio Chiquito Romero to Xeneize arch. The break with Agostino Rossi accelerated negotiations. Y the former national team goalkeeper who trained at Tita Mattiussi Prediowhere it comes from and where the inferiors of Racinggot a call from Juan Roman riquelme. From there, everything moved at the speed of light. Over the weekend the free man returned to Boca Predio after passing through Venice. He listened to the formal offer and this afternoon, shortly after 5pm, it became known that he had said yes. Two hours later, he left the center where the medical examination was carried out. And even before 8pm he was talking like the goalkeeper who will fight for the position with Rossi while they both live in the surroundings of Casa Amarilla.
“As everyone will have heard, I was training in Racing and they asked me if I could come to Boca and I said I would not cover anyone. A few days later they asked me if I was available and you have to think very well when the question arises. possibility to come to Boca. It’s a step forward in my career, Boca is the biggest club in Argentina“, were the first words of Romero as goalkeeper of the team that Ibarra is managing today.
Chiquito Romero has played 16 games with the relegated Venezia and now signs a contract with Boca until December 2024. The runner-up at the World Cup with the Argentine national team in Brazil 2014 chose the number 25 shirt.
Romero’s presentation with Bermúdez and president Jorge Amor Ameal. Photo: Rafael Mario Quinteros
All the phrases of Romero
“As everyone has heard, I trained at Racing. They asked me if I was free, available. You have to think very carefully if you have the chance to play for a club like Boca. I am happy to come to a club like Boca. It is. a step forward in my career. I had to go to Venice to show many people that I could continue playing football. The recovery is very good. “
“This has been the challenge of every footballer, to go to a club where you know you will fight in the lowest positions. It is the biggest club in Argentina and I have come to show that I am prepared, as I have shown during the Argentine national team.”
“I told Román that I had the chance to play in Europe. I don’t know where the second division came from in Italy. I had proposals from the Premier. But together with my wife we decided it was a very good chance to come to Boca. I think it was one of the best decisions of my life. “
“When Guillermo called me in 2017, Boca had to buy my pass. And it was never easy for a club to buy from Manchester. You had to put in a lot of money and it was very difficult. I always mention Guillermo because he was the only one who called to come to Boca. Now he was free, they had to speak directly with me. In two or three days we fixed what had to be fixed in the contract and here we are “.
The influence of Marcos Rojo
“I always talk to Marcos, since he arrived he burned my head so he came to Boca. We are very friends, of the Argentina national team and of United. I knew there was a possibility from the moment Roman called me two or three days ago. From tomorrow I will fully join the Boca World, we have players of great quality “.
“At the moment I think more about trying to give Boca back the opportunity he is giving me. I don’t think about the Argentine national team. Everything is a trigger for what you get. Right now I want to put myself at the disposal of the personal coach and achieve the objectives “.
“Physically I am very well, I had the opportunity to recover with the people of the AFA. I am grateful to Chiqui Tapia. If the coach defines that I have to do a mini-preseason, I have no problems. And the same if I have to train at the same time. to the group “.
Will you come to the game on Sunday?
Like a pro. Everyone knows I’m a Racing fan, it’s public. But football for me is a job and I have to do everything to make Boca do well. Things of fate made it happen in Avellaneda. So, if I have to be, I’m going to get the three points. “
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The World Cup account announces Chiquito’s arrival in Boca
Source: Clarin