From leaving Boca on a free to going down with Hellas Verona | OneFootball

Nicolás Valentini is going through the most difficult moment of his career in Europe. The 25-year-old center back, whose departure from Boca was marked by a major contract dispute that kept him out of the squad for eight months, was unable to prevent Hellas Verona’s relegation to Italy’s Serie B. Despite having played 19 matches this season, the defender never managed to regain the form that had made him one of Argentine football’s brightest prospects and ended up going down from Serie A.

Valentini’s journey in Italy went from bad to worse. After becoming a free agent from Xeneize in December 2024, he joined Fiorentina but was immediately loaned to Verona. Although he showed solidity in his first spell and helped the club stay up, a muscle injury at the beginning of this season cost him continuity and definitively pushed him off the Argentina national team’s radar. Now, far from the spotlight he had during the Libertadores final against Fluminense, the defender will have to rebuild his path in Italy’s second division while looking back with gratitude on his ten years at La Ribera, despite the conflict-ridden ending.

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