The signings Costas wants after confirming he’ll stay at Racing | OneFootball

The coach of La Academia aims to remain competitive and is considering bringing in a right back, a box-to-box midfielder, another creative midfielder, and a center forward.

Racing’s 2026 is starting to take shape. After the defeat against Estudiantes in the final of the Torneo Clausura, it was confirmed that they will play in the next Copa Sudamericana, having failed to qualify for the Libertadores through the annual table. On Wednesday, La Academia took another important step and secured the continuity of Gustavo Costas, who agreed to a three-year contract and, barring any unforeseen events, will sign in the coming days. Now, the focus must shift to building the squad.

The club is already aware of the positions the head coach wants to reinforce to stay competitive: a right back, a box-to-box midfielder, another creative midfielder, and a center forward. With a fairly clear outlook, the Technical Secretariat led by Sebastián Saja has already started moving in search of some interesting names.

On the right side of the defense, the departure of Facundo Mura, who will not renew his contract and will leave as a free agent, has left a gap that will now be filled solely by Gastón Martirena, and Racing has set its sights not too far away and will go to La Bombonera to negotiate with Boca for Lucas Blondel, who is not in Claudio Úbeda’s plans. On the other side, River’s Marcelo Herrera, currently on loan at Columbus Crew in MLS, is another target.

Meanwhile, Eros Mancuso, a product of Boca’s youth academy, who had a good spell at Estudiantes and recently was relegated in the Brasileirao with Fortaleza, is another possible option. The prospect of signing Santiago Arias, the Colombian who has played for Atlético de Madrid, PSV, and Bayer Leverkusen and is currently at Bahia in Brazil, seems more distant.

For the midfield, there are no clear names for the more defensive role, but the creative midfielder is a concrete target: La Academia has started negotiations with Huracán to sign Matko Miljevic, who had a great last season. As for the center forward, Adrián Balboa offered little competition to Maravilla Martínez, and the Avellaneda side is looking for another player for that position, which could be Milton Giménez, a long-time target of Costas when he was still at Banfield, but who eventually joined Boca.

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