The Edinson Cavani’s last “no” to Mouth had sparked multiple memes. There were already too many refusals from the Uruguayan. The management of Juan Román Riquelme as vice president, with so many conflicts, was even more stained. However, Boca reacted quickly and was not only left with a couple of contract extensions for promising youngsters. He also added the incorporation of a dazzling figure: Sergio Romero. No one imagined that this pass would cause an explosion in Racing.
The former goalkeeper of the Argentine National Team, after a couple of meetings he had held last week, agreed on his contract on Monday and was officially presented.
At 35 years old, Chiquito arrives to occupy a position in Boca for a few days in conflict. It is that Agustín Rossi, a specialist in penalties and one of the great figures of the squad, did not agree on the renewal of the contract. The club lowered the blind to the negotiation and there were harsh words crossed that invite us to think that the situation has no return.
Consequently, with the landing of Sergio Romero, who arrived free and signed a contract until December 2024, Boca solves the problem of the goalkeeper thinking about Libertadores 2023, the great obsession, the pending account for 15 years.
“Boca is the biggest club in Argentina and I have come to show that I am prepared,” said Romero, who will wear the number 25 on his shirt. It is precisely speculated on the possibility that Chiquito cuts off in the classic against Racing, the club where he started and was training in the last days after his time with Venezia in Italy.
Said Romero: “I am a professional. I am a fan of Racing, but football is a job. Today I owe myself to Boca and I will do everything to make it go well. If I have to play I will defend these colors. This is a job. When this club is presented it is difficult to say no. Boca introduced himself and I said yes. If it was Racing I would have said yes, but it never came”.
In Racing they are very angry with Chiquito. President Víctor Blanco made no bones about it: “We did everything for him to come back. We opened the doors for him to train, we named a court after him. It hurts me to see him in Boca.” He doesn’t want to imagine him as a rival this weekend at the Cilindro: “I wouldn’t really like him to go out on the field and play against Racing on Sunday. It would shock me a bit to see him in another jersey, but he is a professional.”
Doors closed for now for the meta in Racing
Will there be any possibility that Romero will return to Racing in the future? “I’m not saying that the club’s doors will be closed forever for him, but at least for a long time, yes,” Blanco shot. Of course, he accepted that the Academy was not looking for a goalkeeper and that they thought he would continue in some other club And he remarked that the current goalkeepers of his club, Gabriel Arias and Gastón Gómez, are at the same level as Romero”.
The president of Racing did not hesitate when asked if it bothered him that Chiquito said that Boca is the biggest club in the country, knowing the rivalry that exists with the Academy: “Of course I have the same feeling of anger from the fans. Romero’s words were unfortunate, they were not necessary.
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