From our football correspondent
Steady
Market25 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Boca Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
Market25 Oct 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boca Juniors they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad25 Oct 2027
6 goals and a season average of 7.50. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match23 Oct 2027
Palmeiras left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Miguel Merentiel will call it something else in private.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Leandro Brey
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad25 Oct 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Leandro Brey knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Loan watch25 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Aragua to sit and watch. I want to come back to Boca Juniors and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 15 matches say the rest.
Match23 Oct 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Upbeat
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market27 Sep 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Boca Juniors they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match25 Sep 2027
Platense left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad27 Sep 2027
7 goals and a season average of 7.35. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Barinaga
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom27 Sep 2027
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Loan watch27 Sep 2027
“I did not go to Cittadella to sit and watch. I want to come back to Boca Juniors and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 34 matches say the rest.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Alan Velasco asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Lautaro Blanco keeps the shirt for now, at Boca Juniors 's convenience rather than his own.
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Upbeat
Squad16 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Leandro Brey
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match14 Aug 2027
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Boca Juniors have 4 straight wins of it.
Match14 Aug 2027
Three points for Boca Juniors , 2-1 the final word against Talleres in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Alan Velasco is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.37 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Lautaro Blanco
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
30 appearances at Deportivo Tachira and the goals keep coming. Boca Juniors are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Boca Juniors , and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Leandro Brey
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Upbeat
Squad19 Jul 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market19 Jul 2027
Instituto come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Boca Juniors did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Kevin Zenón gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Nicolás Figal Nicolás Figal says Boca Juniors went back on their word
Squad19 Jul 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Giuliano Galoppo commits to Boca Juniors for another 4 years.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
“I did not go to Talleres to sit and watch. I want to come back to Boca Juniors and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 28 matches say the rest.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Miguel Merentiel asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
5 appearances at Barracas Central and the goals keep coming. Boca Juniors are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
13 appearances at Tigre and the goals keep coming. Boca Juniors are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market19 Jul 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ariel Molas may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Upbeat
Squad21 Jun 2027
Milton Giménez : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Boca Juniors have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market21 Jun 2027
Lechia come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Boca Juniors did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A season average of 6.83 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Boca Juniors know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Market21 Jun 2027
Defensa y Justicia pay $1.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Juan Barinaga
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market21 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Boca Juniors will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Loan watch21 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Talleres to sit and watch. I want to come back to Boca Juniors and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 24 matches say the rest.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Leandro Paredes asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market21 Jun 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Malcom Braida may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Upbeat
Market24 May 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Boca Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 May 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Loan watch24 May 2027
“I did not go to Newell's Old Boys to sit and watch. I want to come back to Boca Juniors and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 22 matches say the rest.
Squad24 May 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad24 May 2027
Miguel Merentiel asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch24 May 2027
18 appearances at Deportivo Tachira and the goals keep coming. Boca Juniors are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Match21 Apr 2027
Alvarado are out and Boca Juniors go through, 1-0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market26 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Boca Juniors can pretend not to have heard.
Match24 Apr 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad26 Apr 2027
A season average of 7.28 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market26 Apr 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Boca Juniors have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad26 Apr 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
“I did not go to Newell's Old Boys to sit and watch. I want to come back to Boca Juniors and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 18 matches say the rest.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match24 Apr 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Upbeat
Market29 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match27 Mar 2027
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Boca Juniors have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Lautaro Blanco asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
7 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
7 appearances away from home and 0 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The terraces29 Mar 2027
The press cannot get enough of Alan Velasco
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Triumph
Squad22 Mar 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market22 Mar 2027
The bid was some way short and Boca Juniors did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match19 Mar 2027
A 2-1 win over Vélez , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch22 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Newell's Old Boys to sit and watch. I want to come back to Boca Juniors and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market22 Mar 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Agustín Martegani may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Match18 Sep 2026
Racing made Boca Juniors work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Santiago Ascacíbar will call it something else in private.
Match19 Sep 2026
A 2-2 draw with San Lorenzo leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Alan Velasco unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Alan Velasco has let it be known that he does not like the way Boca Juniors are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
6 appearances at Tigre and the goals keep coming. Boca Juniors are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market21 Sep 2026
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Juan Cruz Payal leaves Boca Juniors the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
7 appearances at Tigre and the goals keep coming. Boca Juniors are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.