Boca set to part ways with Saracchi to free up a foreign player slot | OneFootball

Boca could permanently part ways with Marcelo Saracchi. According to the player’s own entourage, several teams are interested in signing him, among them Celtic, where he is currently playing on loan from the Xeneize club.

While the Ribera team continues working to secure another signing, the news around the transfer market keeps coming. In recent hours, Marcelo Saracchi’s name has come to the forefront again, not for a possible return, but for the strong possibility that the club will permanently part with his rights in the middle of the year.

The player’s agent, Marcelo Tejera, broke his silence in a conversation with Carve Deportiva and gave details about the left-back’s future. According to the agent, Saracchi’s horizon seems far from Argentina: “He has chances to go to a team in England that contacted me, and also to a club in Brazil,” he revealed.

However, the most concrete destination today seems to be Celtic of Scotland, the club where the Uruguayan is currently on loan. Tejera confirmed that the Glasgow team intends to keep him: “I have a meeting planned with the general manager of Celtic because they also want to buy his rights.” It is worth remembering that the team playing in the Scottish Premiership has a purchase option.

Marcelo Saracchi left Boca because he was not being considered.

For Boca’s management, selling Saracchi represents a double benefit. Beyond the financial gain from a player who was not being considered, there is a fundamental regulatory issue: freeing up a foreign player slot.

Saracchi is on loan at Celtic with a purchase option until June 30. If the Scottish club (or any other interested party) completes the permanent transfer, Boca will regain a spot for non-Argentine players, a resource the management considers vital for the next transfer window in their search for international quality.

With the loan contract valid until mid-year, the coming months will be decisive. The meeting between Tejera and the Celtic board could seal the Uruguayan’s fate and, at the same time, give Boca the administrative breathing room needed to plan the squad for the second half of the year.

Boca’s foreign player quota

Currently, in the squad managed by Claudio Úbeda, there are four players occupying foreign slots: Edinson Cavani from Uruguay, Ander Herrera from Spain, Carlos Palacios from Chile, and Ángel Romero from Paraguay.

By regulation, you can have 6 foreign players, but only 5 can be on the match sheet.

Although there are more players who are foreigners, they have dual nationality, so they are not included in this list, such as the Uruguayan Miguel Merentiel, the Chilean Williams Alarcón, or the recently arrived Adam Bareiro.

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