12/10/2024 08:55hs. Updated on 10/12/2024 11:44 a.m.
“Many things are said that are not true, here you are going to work with absolute freedom. We are going to give you that, what we want are results.” They say that, words more words less, that phrase was one of the ones he heard Fernando Gago during the video call he had with the Boca Football Council (Chelo Delgado and Mauricio Serna), the key preliminary step for their departure from Chivas de Guadalajara. And that added to reinforce his desire to direct in the club of his loves, which he had dreamed of since he put on the suit.
During that same meeting, he himself spent some time greeting and exchanging wishes. Juan Roman Riquelmewith whom he was a partner, and from it several conclusions were drawn with only one certainty: that of taking the correct path. On the part of the club, the satisfaction of having managed to secure the arrival of the coach they were looking for provides a blanket of tranquility in the midst of the storm. and have raised the level of personality, profile and acceptance of the fan Compared to the last two that arrived, it already represents the outward image that at this time was imposed almost as indispensable.
It is that the versions about The interference of the CdF in the locker room was never silencednot even before the end of the era of interim positions that had Sebastian Battle y Hugo Ibarra leading the first team for almost two years. The results, the wear and tear exposed in gestures and statements and – above all – the ends of the mandates of Jorge Almiron and of Diego Martinez They left the impression of having had much more friction with the football team than anything else.
Gago comes to resolve the issue from the beginningalthough he knows that this time his interlocutor is at his level in terms of ways of looking at football and what he represented as a footballer. And that’s why the confidence he gave him in that virtual face-to-face was total: Riquelme was so convinced of having it that on Wednesday he accelerated to close it quickly. And although the outside consensus is maintained in many aspects (organizational and institutional direction), The autonomy with which the new technician leaves would be unprecedented for these last few times, especially because Pintita does not need a letter of introduction or extra support to take charge of a strong squad, with players like Edinson Cavani, Sergio Romero or Marcos Rojo.
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Chiquito, key actor
There was even an unexpectedly important interlocutor whose history at the club could take a second 180 degree turn after many saw him as having no future with the blue and gold: Chiquito Romero. The goalkeeper, who shared a large part of his time in the National Team with Gago, Not only did it provide the best professional references but it will be (at least in the beginning) a stronghold on which the coach will know that he can rely on.even if due to tactical or formal decisions he opted for Leandro Brey as a starter. The latter is a possibility since Gago knows that the best must play and that there are no friendships that matter.
The remaining sensations that Gago had were more than positive, both in terms of understanding with people with whom he shared a squad when he was very young (Raúl Cascini in 2004 and Marcelo Delgado between 2005 and 2006) and in that reunion with Riquelme, with whom he coincided in the National Team and in Boca between 2013 and 2014.
Approval of reinforcements
But what most seduced the new coach (apart from his fulfilled dream of returning to Boca in this role) was that the football project contemplates the full acceptance of his job proposal and adds an ambitious transfer market. In fact, the negotiations that could not be concluded in the middle of the year will be closed in January. And according to what the Council says, The DT was consulted and agreed with those names for the futurefor 2025 that has the Club World Cup. These are especially the cases of Carlos Palacios (Colo Colo) and Alan Velasco (FC Dallas of the MLS). In addition to others who have already started to sound like Valentín Gómez, Bruno Amione, Aníbal Moreno, Gonzalo Piovi (both keys in his Racing) and even Leandro Paredes.
The Chilean Palacios has been in Boca’s orbit on several occasions, and his incorporation could finally become a reality. The player is waiting for Boca to pay his termination clause or reach an agreement with Colo Colo. The good news for the club, the player wants to play for Boca and he has already confessed “It could be my next club.”
On the other hand, Velasco has been a Boca target since the last market. On that occasion, the club was close to meeting FC Dallas’ demand of 7.5 million, but the operation was frustrated when the American team decided not to sell it.
However, the situation has changed; Velasco has returned to the field after a ligament injury and is recovering his rhythm and performance. More importantly, his desire to arrive at Boca in January remains intact.
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Gago knows it, as he already knows the scenario he will find in terms of squad. And he feels happy. For returning home and for believing you have the necessary tools to make history again. One of them is the key to the locker room, which he will soon begin to use to mold the Boca team he dreamed of so much.
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