A 2023 loaded with skills both for River and for Boca, who are fighting on the same fronts: the Professional League, the Argentine Cup, and with special attention to the Copa Libertadores.
Consequently, after an extensive pre-season, both institutions wanted to strengthen their squads to be able to best face each of the commitments they will have in a busy schedule. In general lines, River that has Martín Demichelis, a new face after the departure of Marcelo Gallardohe was in charge of adding some familiar faces to the squad and also sealing the arrival of new airs to enrich a squad that promises to compete.
For his part, Mouth it remained a little more on the sidelines in a market that became increasingly difficult from the economic point of view. He closed a new face due to an emergency and seeks to reinforce other sectors, he also brought back youths who gave in to fire up and have them ready to join the squad.
Since the departure of Marcelo Gallardo, the winningest coach in the club’s history, everything was uncertain in Núñez. To clear up all kinds of doubts, the leadership headed by Jorge Brito made very good decisions for a new post-season. Gallardo Doll.
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First of all, I close the arrival of Martin Demichelis, someone who knows the club inside out and who also showed the necessary credentials to put on the DT jacket at River after his experience in the Bayern Munich second team along with extensive preparation in European football. So, the first important arrival in River It came from the coach who has already been printing quotas of the identity that he wants to see in his teams.
Along with the arrival of “Micho”, the returns of other old acquaintances of the house were given. The first of them was Matías Kranevitter, from Monterrey in Mexico. The man from Tucumán arrived to nurture the millionaire midfield, but after his injury in the first preseason game against Unión La Calera, he suffered a severe injury that kept him sidelined for a considerable time. Another star figure who returned to Núñez was Nacho Fernández after his time at Atlético Mineiro. A third reinforcement was Enzo Diaz from workshops.
Now, far from getting off the market, from the Millionaire they closed another hierarchy transfer. Although it is a position that has been covered with the presence of Lucas Beltrán and Miguel Ángel Borja, River closed the arrival of Solomon Rondon, the experienced Venezuelan center forward. The wait came to an end and the 33-year-old striker arrived in the country on Sunday, completed his contract and is already training with the squad, where he has already shown his hierarchy when it comes to working the definition.
Rondón who knew how to share a team with Martin Demichelis In Malaga back in 2009, he closed his relationship with the Núñez team until December 2024 with the option of extending it for another year. Although he is an extremely interesting player from a football point of view, Demichelis must recover the best version of him since Rondón had his last game on October 15, 2022 with the Everton shirt against Tottenham in the English Premier League. He arrives well from the physical, but you have to refine from the football. Thus, River closed a large transfer market to face a 2023 overflowing with commitments.
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In Boca the pass market did not have as much movement as in Núñez. The club’s position was to bankroll the existing squad, support the players and try to bring a new face to the hierarchy for some specific sectors that were affected by injuries. One of the most touched sectors in Boca is the central rear. Added to the injury of their captain Marcos Rojo, who will be away from the fields until the middle of the season due to a ligament injury, the departure of carlos zambrano for an extra football situation.
These two cases arose to generate the need to go out to the market to look for a center-back. The momentary injury of Nicolás Figal made this search accelerate. This is how Bruno Valdez arrived, coming from América de México where he was a key player for years, being one of the scoring defenders studying that shirt. The first and onlyXeneize’s reinforcement is then the Paraguayan central defender who already had his official presentation at La Bombonera and left good feelings.
Although it is not a reinforcement specifically, the return of Ezekiel “Equi” Fernandez it looked very good. In the Matador, the central midfielder added minutes and touches in first, something that Boca wanted to give him in another club against a midfield guaranteed for the vision of the coaching staff in the first team. Showing a great version, the 20-year-old midfielder returned to the club to be the replacement for Alán Varela. This situation can change since the five xeneize is in the Benfica folder in the event that the departure of Enzo Fernandez at Chelsea. There, “Equi” would take the post to enter the eleven.
Now, Boca did polls to bring in other new faces. One of those targeted was lucas merolla, defender of Hurricane. Although the club chaired by Ameal made a formal proposal for the player, Parque Patricios gave a resounding no, since they understood that Boca’s proposal was not close to the economic expectations of the Globe for the sale of one of his best appearances. in the last season. A similar situation occurred with Independiente in Boca’s desire to take Sergio Barreto, a negotiation that seems to have fallen.
To give the fans more enthusiasm, from the Ribera club they confirmed the conversations for the arrival of Miguel Merentiel, current forward of the palmeiras. Although Boca has that sector of the pitch covered, bringing more competition and hierarchy can enrich the attack front. In turn, Darío Benedetto is suspended (he has three dates left), Luis Vásquez is injured, and then Nicolás Orsini is the only option for Hugo Ibarra. The latter is not to the fan’s taste, so far, due to what was done by the former Lanús who had a good presentation last Sunday. With this panorama, bringing another front we have the approval of the Football Council.
About MerentielHe is a striker who knows what it is to play first base, to win internationally even at the age of 26, he is looking for new paths since he runs from behind at Palmeiras. The former Defensa y Justica left for Brazilian soccer in mid-2022, after consecrating himself in the Copa and Recopa Sudamericana with Halcón de Varela for the sum of 1,500,000 dollars for 80% of his token. Although he arrived with a hierarchy reinforcement, he did not see the filming planned. Between 2022 and 2023 he only played ten games scoring two goals, against Santos and Bragantino. Even so far this season, he only played three minutes last Wednesday against Ituano for the Paulista Cup. With this panorama from the footballer’s environment, they assure that he is interested in reaching Boca at this point in his career.
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In this way, the 9 that also sounded in River in 2021 is 26 years old and played in several teams throughout his career. He made his debut at El Tanque Sisley in his country in 2017, and went through Lorca and Valencia II of the Ascent of Spain and in 2018 he ended up in Godoy Cruz, where he did very well. he was champion with Defending and made the leap to the Brazilian league, although it was difficult for him to establish himself in an all-star team. In Boca they are enthusiastic that the arrival of the 26-year-old striker will take place in these days on loan. The arrival of Merentiel He could close a calm pass market for Xeneize, who knew how to maintain a structure, to bring him a higher hierarchy to the attack front and see if he awakens Benedetto with more competition on the squad.
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