Marcos Rojo is already in London for his return to Manchester United :: Olé

The days of rest began for the players of Mouthwho will have free until Thursday, June 27, the day they will meet again in Ezeiza to start the preseason and prepare the two games against Independiente del Valle for the Sudamericana playoffs (7/17 in Ecuador and 7/24 in Bombonera). Several footballers already showed themselves out on their social networks, and one of them was Marcos Rojo, although his case is particular…

The Boca captain has already arrived and settled in London, city ​​to which he traveled in the last hours and not only for rest, but also because received an invitation. Where from? None other than Manchester United, the club in which the 34-year-old defender played for no less than seven years. So, Marcos is ready to meet the Red Devils again.

Qualifying for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup after the 2-1 victory against Almirante Brown in Mendoza was the closing of the semester for Mouth and the beginning of the holidays for the players. For captain Marcos Rojo, with a return trip to Manchester United and a message for Lionel Messi for the current Copa América.

Red He left for Europe with his representative Englishman Kristian Bereit, in the middle of a flirtation with the Red Devils. It is that the captain xeneize He announced weeks ago that he would return to the club and these days he shared a chat with the social networks of the team in which he played between 2014 and 2021 until his return to Boca.

“Hello Marcos Rojo, I hope you are well. Who do you think will win the Copa América and what player are you waiting to see?” they asked the Xeneize captain. And his response was forceful: “I hope Argentina wins the Copa América and of course Messi was my teammate for many years.”

With Messi, Marquitos shared nine years in the Argentine National Team, with the Copa América of 2011, 2015 and 2016 and the World Cups in Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018. At Juan Román Riquelme’s farewell at La Bombonera in mid-2023, they met again publicly and an affectionate greeting was seen between them.

Although Rojo ended up playing for Xeneize, he closed a complicated semester due to injuries and his expulsion against Platense. Total, Of the 29 games of Diego Martínez’s team he was in only 11 due to the two tears that he suffered, one in the warm-up of the first friendly of the cycle against Gimnasia y Tiro and the other after the League Cup semi-final against Estudiantes.