Cannavo leaves Defensa y Justicia to join Costas’ Racing | OneFootball

Gustavo Costas adds a new man to his beloved Racing. This Thursday, right-back Ezequiel Cannavo, from Defensa y Justicia, will undergo a medical examination to become a reinforcement for the Academia de Avellaneda, with the 2026 Torneo Apertura already underway.

Cannavo, 23, made his First Division debut with Halcón de Florencio Varela and has spent five seasons with that team, which he now leaves to make a quality leap to Racing, one of the historic giants of Argentine football, champion of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana and the 2025 Recopa.

The player is undergoing a medical check-up to join Racing, following Costas' request for a right-back. This defender has played 65 matches and has a good scoring record, having scored four goals.

He arrives at the Academia to fill the vacancy left by Facundo Mura, who left for Inter Miami on a free transfer. The current starter in the team led by Costas is the Uruguayan Gastón Martirena, while Tobías Rubio, a young player who returned from his loan at the Florencio Varela team, is also available.

In Wednesday's defeat against Rosario Central at the Cilindro, the coach opted to use central defender Nazareno Colombo in that defensive position, positioned on the right, but the central defender showed that he is not comfortable in that role.

Thus, he will become Racing's third reinforcement, which was able to make additions after the transfer window closed due to the sale of Adrián Balboa to Russian football.

In this market, the Academia had been searching for a right-back for quite some time. Eros Mancuso, who returned to Estudiantes, Martín Ortega, who is a free agent after leaving Tigre, and Santiago Arias, who eventually joined Independiente, had all been considered.

In addition to Cannavo, during this transfer period, Racing also signed Valentín Carboni on loan from Inter Milan and Matko Miljevic, whose transfer was purchased after his impressive performance at Huracán.

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