Borja edging closer to leaving River, Mexican clubs show interest | OneFootball

In a year to forget, River still has a lot at stake. Against Vélez, they will determine their final position in the annual table (and the qualification for the cups), and then the eventual playoffs would come. Nonetheless, in Núñez, they are already starting to outline the 2026 squad, and among the expected departures is that of Miguel Ángel Borja.

The Colombian has a contract until the end of the year, and although his renewal has been discussed several times, negotiations haven't even started. After three and a half years at the club, his relationship with the fans is already very strained, and his role in the team has become completely secondary. Although he requested it and considers it valuable for a squad, Marcelo Gallardo prefers a different type of number 9 and would not object to his departure.

After his best semester wearing the River jersey, the first of 2024, with Martín Demichelis as coach, the arrival of Marcelo Gallardo gradually made him lose prominence. In fact, in this second half of the year, he has only scored two goals and recently missed two penalties: one in the shootout against Independiente Rivadavia, for the Copa Argentina, and another against Gimnasia, in the last play of the match.

Currently sidelined after the arrivals of Sebastián Driussi, at the beginning of the year, and Maximiliano Salas, in mid-2025, Borja no longer has a place. That is why his departure is only a matter of time. Left behind will be the 62 goals in 159 matches with the River jersey and the championship in the Professional League at the beginning of 2023.

Although nothing is official yet, it is a fact that he will leave River as a free agent. In the race to sign him, Tigres appears as one of the interested Mexican clubs, as well as América de Cali. However, his agent, Juan Pablo Pachón, has currently ruled out the possibility of him returning to his country.

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