The Boca Juniors Courier
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Ángel Romero out for 94 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Boca Juniors will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Leandro Paredes in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Boca Juniors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Boca Juniors
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market8 Feb 2027
Boca Juniors promote Nicolás Colombo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicolás Colombo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Chapa joins the Boca Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Chapa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Agustín Rojas steps up from the Boca Juniors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Agustín Rojas has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Valentín Marino joins the Boca Juniors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Valentín Marino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Boca Juniors training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lautaro Blanco is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Boca Juniors are making the ground bigger
Work is signed off on a capacity of 59418. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.
In brief
- Boardroom Boca Juniors release $5.0M for the manager
- Loan watch Joaquín Piñeyro counts the days
- Squad When it matters, Agustín Marchesín plays