“Medel, Medel”, was heard in the corridors of the Ezeiza airport where the Chilean multifunctional flight landed. It was not for one of the many photos they asked him for, but to return the wallet that he had forgotten on the plane when, in the adrenaline of this return to Boca, Gary Medel descended at full speed to follow the road towards the hotel.
“A big greeting to the people of Boca, very happy to be here again. I hope to do my best”. were the first words that the club officially shared through its social networks.
Medel, who broke up with Vasco da Gama on Tuesday to immediately get on a plane and disembark in Buenos Aires, will have a second cycle with the blue and gold shirt, after the period between 2009 and 2011, with a pleasant memory in a Superclásico.
The itinerary for the ‘Pitbull’ indicates that this Thursday morning he will undergo routine medical studies and, if everything goes well, he will sign a contract until December 2025. Then, in the afternoon he would appear at practice to meet his new teammates and chat face to face with coach Diego Martínez, who will thus have his first reinforcement, someone pampered by Juan Román Riquelme.
“He is dying to play for Boca again. We did not have the possibility of incorporating him because here, if you lend a foreigner to Argentine football, he continues to occupy a place for you “, the president had said about Medel’s situation. “I have had a lifelong relationship with Gary and there came a point when I told him: ‘Look, we don’t have the possibility of vacating a spot.’ So he goes to play somewhere else,’” the idol president emphasized a year ago.
Diego Martínez does not rule out registering him on the list in good faith for the match with Admiral Brown, corresponding to the 16th finals of the Argentine Cup. The coach is happy with the incorporation of Medel. And he already has three other names in the folder: Joaquin Pereyra (Atlético Tucumán), Thomas Belmonte (Necaxa) and Fausto Vera (Corinthians). For the former Argentinos Juniors midfielder they already made a proposal of 2,500,000 dollars for 50% of the chip, a figure that would not satisfy Timao.
Riquelme not only observes in Medel his multifunctionality, since he can be a defender, winger or midfielder; Furthermore, the Chilean will be inserted as a reference in a locker room that needs a change of leaders. Marcos Rojo is the captain, but his latest attitudes weakened him behind closed doors: his expulsion against Platense, his participation in an intercountry match and his presence at a bowling alley.
Medel played very little, just 12 games this year. The last time was against Criciúma, on April 27, in a 4-0 defeat. He was replaced at halftime. The last three dates he was on the bench. Boca, on the other hand, arrives to be a starter.
