As Racing de Alma announced this Friday afternoon as a scoop, Juan Manuel Elordi is Racing’s new reinforcement in this transfer market. An important leader of the Academy confirmed to this portal that there was an agreement with Delfín from Ecuador for the arrival of the 29-year-old left winger.
“The operation was carried out for around 500,000 dollars,” they told this medium from the club, which did not need to make a much larger expenditure in this transfer market thanks to the fact that at the end of the year the defender was going to be released from the squad. Ecuadorian. The conversations were so advanced that the Argentine soccer player had already verbally arranged, a few days ago, his contractual part with the Avellaneda institution. The leading scorer will then arrive in Buenos Aires in the coming days, undergo a medical examination and, if everything goes well, he will sign a contract until the end of 2028.
In this transfer market, Elordi will have his revenge at the Academy, where he played in their Inferiores until 2015, when he was released. Juan Manuel comes from being one of the most outstanding players in Delfín, a team that could not qualify for the round of 16 of the current Copa Sudamericana because it lost to Inter of Brazil. Undisputed starter, this year in the Ecuadorian league he played 14 of 15 games and scored a goal. At the international level he played in all seven of his now former team’s matches, including the previous qualifier for the group stage. He scored two goals and had an assist. In summary, He played 100% of the minutes in the international tournament and 93% on the local field.
Elordi, Racing’s reinforcement in this market, promoted with Independiente Rivadavia
In 2023, the left back was a mainstay in Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza that achieved promotion to the First Division. He stood out mainly for his good punching and good projection in attack. As indicated to RdA, Rubén Capria, former manager, had already wanted to have him in the Academy in previous transfer markets.
Before emigrating to Delfín, in Argentina the defender had a career only in promotion football. He went through Guillermo Brown of Puerto Madryn, Sol de Mayo (Paraguay), Tacuarembó (Uruguay), Villa Miter (Federal Tournament A) and the aforementioned Independiente Rivadavia. In addition to Racing, Gimnasia also wanted it in this transfer market.
His brother, Lucas (2006 category), is part of the Fifth Division and is also a left back. In this transfer market, Juan Manuel returns to Racing with a great desire for revenge and hunger for glory, something that Gustavo Costas likes so much. He wants to show that he is up to the task of a club from which he had to leave, back in 2015, with great sadness.
What the defender stated about that frustration
“My world fell apart. I had expectations of signing a contract and from one day to the next I was free because the Primera coach had brought a lot of reinforcements (Diego Cocca) and I had no place. I didn’t know what to do. You are great for some things and young for others. If you don’t have someone to take you to another club right away, it becomes very difficult because you have to start proving yourself, as one more, and if you don’t fit, that’s it, goodbye football and look for something else,” he said in an end. 2023, in a note given to Tiempo Argentino, a year ago.
Juan Manuel Elordi scored 14 goals in the last two years. From 2022 until today he scored them in 87 games and on three different teams. This gives him a sum of one goal every six games, a high figure for being a defender.
Costas asked for a left back to compete strongly for the position with Gabriel Rojas. And this confirms that Racing in this transfer market will look for a club for Nacho Galván, who will be greatly relegated.
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