The Boca Juniors Courier
Squad29 Jan 2035
Tempers go at Boca Juniors
Bruno Amione was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad29 Jan 2035
A muscle injury sidelines Nicolás Paz for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Boca Juniors will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
The dugout29 Jan 2035
Cristhian Mosquera has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Boca Juniors will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market29 Jan 2035
Quilindschy Hartman linked with a move away
The name of Quilindschy Hartman keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Boca Juniors say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout29 Jan 2035
Sergio Ramírez 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.
Market29 Jan 2035
The shop window has Josías Palais in it
Boca Juniors have let the market know Josías Palais can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market29 Jan 2035
Matías Galarza runs his contract down
5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Boca Juniors money.
Squad29 Jan 2035
Sergio Ramírez has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Boca Juniors will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Market29 Jan 2035
Julián Torres leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Julián Torres leaves Boca Juniors the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- The dugout Raúl Villalba asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Word from the training ground: Cristhian Mosquera