Riquelme leads Boca’s late push for Alan Lescano as fourth signing | OneFootball

Once Blodel’s departure is finalized, expected this Thursday, the management led by Riquelme will have only five days to secure the signing of the Argentinos midfielder, their main target to make use of the available slot.

After achieving a victory as comfortable as it was necessary against Lanús to breathe again in the Torneo Apertura, following a tough streak that put Claudio Úbeda’s tenure on shaky ground, the focus at Boca this Thursday will shift from football matters to the transfer market.

Why? Everything is set up for Lucas Blondel to officially move to Huracán, and starting today, the Xeneize management will use every negotiation tool at their disposal to try to secure, in record time, the main target for the newly available slot: Alan Lescano. Although Hernán López Muñoz and Sebastián Villa were mentioned as options, the chosen one is the Argentinos captain.

It’s a fact that, as soon as the Globo formalizes the loan of young Natanael Samaniego to Paraguay (he is scheduled to travel in the coming hours), Blondel will leave La Bombonera and move to Ducó. That will give Boca the green light to try to sign the 24-year-old left-footer, a player who was offered and with whom initial contacts have already been made with his representatives.

Lescano is a name that has come up repeatedly in the offices of La Bombonera in recent transfer windows and who greatly appeals to Juan Román Riquelme, especially because internally they feel they lack a creative midfielder to connect the pieces. In that sense, with time until March 10, the management will go all in to try to change the firm stance of president Cristian Malaspina and buy one of his stars.

The top executive of Bicho spoke candidly in recent hours about the rumors that Xeneize has already inquired about the left-footer and explained that “with the contractual situation we have with Gimnasia, it’s not convenient for Argentinos to sell Lescano.”

The point he refers to is that Bicho owns half of Lescano’s rights, which they bought for 2 million dollars at the time, while the other half belongs to Gimnasia La Plata. “He’s a player who will be very hard for us to replace. Until the contractual situation changes, the club’s position remains the same,” he stated firmly in a conversation with DSports Radio. Given this firm stance on the possibility of letting go of their captain and allowing him to join a direct competitor like Boca, those at Brandsen 805 know it will be tough to convince him, but

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