Huracán eyeing Lucas Blondel, could another signing spot open up? | OneFootball

The full-back is being sought after by a club in Argentine football and could give Xeneize the chance to make one last move in the transfer window.

At Boca, the transfer market hasn’t been closed just yet. Although the club used the spot granted by the Argentine Football Association due to Rodrigo Battaglia’s injury to sign Adam Bareiro, things are still moving at Brandsen 805. And the key to a new signing could lie in another departure.

The name emerging in this scenario is Lucas Blondel. The full-back, who is not among Claudio Úbeda’s priorities, has sparked strong interest from Huracán, who are already trying to reach an agreement to take him on loan and allow him to reunite with Diego Martínez, the coach who managed him at Tigre and at Xeneize.

In this way, the loan would become Boca’s main alternative to free up an extra spot for a new signing, this time until March 10, and to go out once again in search of a player—a chance that was frustrated a few days ago when the deal for Agustín Martegani to Newell’s fell through.

If Blondel’s move to Parque Patricios goes through, Boca’s management already has its priority set: to go for a right winger, a position where they have tried unsuccessfully for various names (Marino Hinestroza, Kevin Serna, and Edwuin Cetré), but which still lacks a fixed owner. For now, no new name has emerged, although a last attempt for the Colombian striker from Estudiantes has not been ruled out.

Why would Blondel’s departure free up a spot?

Although it’s true that, initially, sales or loans abroad were the transfers that allowed for an extension to sign until March, Boca is relying on the Professional League’s own regulations to play one last card in the market.

How is this possible? Article 13.2.5 states that, if a player is transferred to another club within the local league and meets certain conditions—including having appeared on the team sheet in at least 25% of matches since the 2025 Clausura—the selling club can replace him within the established deadlines.

In this way, even though Blondel did not play any minutes in the 2025 Clausura or at the start of the 2026 Apertura, he meets this administrative requirement. If the Huracán deal falls through, another option that also ticks all the boxes is Juan Cruz Payal, a midfielder from the Reserve team.

Under the current circumstances, Blondel’s departure would take on strategic value. Not only because he is not a priority for Úbeda, but also because it would open the door for Boca to make one last move to add a fourth name to a transfer window already featuring the arrivals of Bareiro, Santiago Ascacíbar, and Ángel Romero.

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