Riquelme leads as Boca chase fourth signing: Alan Lescano | OneFootball

Once Blodel's departure, estimated for this Thursday, is finalized, the leadership headed by Riquelme will have only five days to secure the midfielder from Argentinos, the main target to utilize the slot.

After achieving a victory as comfortable as it was necessary against Lanús to breathe again in the Torneo Apertura, following an adverse streak that shook Claudio Úbeda's tenure, the focus at Boca this Thursday will shift from football to the transfer market.

Why? Everything is set for Lucas Blondel to officially move to Huracán, and starting today, the Xeneize leadership will use all available negotiation resources to try to secure, in record time, the main target with the slot that will open up: Alan Lescano. Although Hernán López Muñoz and Sebastián Villa were mentioned as options, the chosen one is the captain of Argentinos.

It's a fact that as soon as Globo formalizes the transfer of the young Natanael Samaniego to Paraguay (he is scheduled to travel in the coming hours), Blondel will leave La Bombonera and move to Ducó. This will give Boca the green light to try to close the deal for the 24-year-old left-footed player, a player who was offered and with whom the first contacts with his representation have already begun.

Lescano is a name that has been presented in La Bombonera's offices repeatedly in recent markets and is enticing to Juan Román Riquelme, especially because internally, they believe they lack a creative midfielder to connect the pieces. In this regard, with time until March 10, the leadership will play all their cards to try to change the firm stance of President Cristian Malaspina and purchase one of his stars.

The top leader of Bicho expressed himself candidly in recent hours about the rumors that Xeneize has already inquired about conditions to try to incorporate the left-footed player and explained that "with the contractual situation we have with Gimnasia, it is not convenient for Argentinos to sell Lescano."

The point he refers to is that Bicho owns half of Lescano's transfer rights, which they bought for 2 million dollars, while the other part belongs to Gimnasia La Plata.

"He is a player that will be very difficult for us to replace. Until the contractual situation changes, the club's position is this," he stated firmly in an interview with DSports Radio. Given this rigid stance on the possibility of parting with their captain and letting him go to a direct competitor like Boca, at Brandsen 805 they know it will be difficult to convince him, but

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