Boca target Maher Carrizo, join the race with River | OneFootball

Xeneize is looking favorably at adding the winger to its squad and in the coming hours will inquire with Vélez about the terms of his transfer. The player recently turned down Millonario, as he wishes to move to Europe.

After the deal with River fell through, Maher Carrizo's situation could take an unexpected turn: Boca wants him as a reinforcement and will inquire with Vélez in the coming hours to join the race against their eternal rival. Although the player recently stated that his priority is to move to Europe, the story is just beginning and the ending is still open.

Just a few days after the winger rejected Millonario, who had offered $6,500,000 for half of his transfer and was close to reaching an agreement with Vélez, Xeneize's management has decided to find out the terms for the 19-year-old player.

While caution is advised since this is simply the idea of starting negotiations and there is no formal offer yet, Boca entering the race for Carrizo—a player Marcelo Gallardo fervently desired—is still a bombshell that shakes up both insiders and outsiders in the middle of the transfer market.

Why won't he play for River and Boca dreams of snatching him away? Although everything seemed to indicate that the deal would go through, the player's stance ultimately caused the deal to fall apart. Carrizo made it clear that he has no intention of joining River, prioritizing his career in Europe and waiting for an offer from the Old Continent.

Now, first we’ll have to see if Boca meets Vélez’s demands; and then, if an agreement is reached between the clubs as happened with Millonario, the next step is to find out the player's decision. That is, whether he sticks to his plan to leave the country or if Xeneize changes his mind.

In this context, it’s worth clarifying that a club from those latitudes has already sounded out Carrizo, although so far there has been no formal move: Feyenoord has set its sights on the Fortín winger and is considering making an offer in the short term. In any case, the offer would be lower than what La Banda proposed.

Carrizo was one of Vélez’s standout players in 2025 and shone at the U-20 World Cup, despite a slight dip in performance towards the end of the second half of the year. He has a contract with Vélez until December 2027 and a release clause of $16 million, but his desire is to seek a new direction this year and Fortín won’t close the door on him—as long as a convincing offer comes in.

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