Boca is very close to confirming the arrival of Alan Velasco, offensive midfielder emerged from Independiente who would join the Chilean Carlos Palacios and in the next few hours he would become the new reinforcement of the team Fernando Gago.
And Velasco himself has a lot to do with it, who decided not to travel to the preseason of Dallas FC and puts pressure on the American club to accept Xeneize’s offer of 10 million dollars for 90% of the pass. Initially, the quote they had put on it was 11,800,000 for a percentage that was between 80 and 85.
“Accept the proposal. I want to play for Boca,” were the words that the footballer, 22 years old and with a past in the Argentine Under 17 National Team, said to the leaders carrying out the negotiation, as it emerged in the last hours.
Velasco is in Argentina waiting for this story to be resolved. already left behind the traffic accident he suffered last Wednesday on the Riccheri highway and which, fortunately, did not become serious and he is training on his own with a physical trainer at the Ducilo club, located in his native Berazategui.
Velasco arrived in American soccer at the beginning of 2022 for $7 million, a record amount for Dallas FC, after playing 69 games and scoring eight goals for Independiente. And he had a lot of participation in the Major League Soccer (MLS), but last season it suffered a ligament injury in left knee that stopped his good moment.
For this reason, He played only eight games in 2024. The last of them was on October 20 against Sporting City Kansas in the Western Conference of the MLS, a 2-1 defeat that marked the elimination of his team in the regular phase of the American league.
Despite the interest of Estudiantes de La Plata, who made an attempt to hire him through the dollars injected by the Foster Gillett business group, Velasco has made the decision to play for Boca and, in this way, Xeneize would add a footballer talented “of those who are not abundant.”
This is how he defined it Fernando Beronthe coach who directed him in Independiente, in dialogue with radio The Network. “In the youth teams, Reserve and Primera, he always played as a hook. It’s where he feels most comfortable. Afterwards they put him on the wing a lot and he has a good one-on-one performance, but I like him better when he plays loose. He has a good dribble and an average finish. distance. He can make a good pair with Cavani or even play behind Cavani and Merentiel“he explained.
And, among the points to be corrected, he pointed out: “He needs to be more continuous in the game, since he is one of those players who appears for 20 minutes and makes a mess, but then there are another ten minutes in which he has a hard time settling in. Also the reading of “If he corrects that, it could be very important for Boca.”
Boca has another reinforcement when it falls. This is another former Independent. Ayrton Costa, A 25-year-old left-handed center back who also played as a left back, arrived in Argentina and will undergo a medical examination this Thursday. Boca buys him from Royal Antwerp of Belgium for 3.5 million dollars.