Boca can move for the striker Vasco wants: Saracchi, Zufiaurre out | OneFootball

Boca is keeping expectations alive in a transfer market that seemed finished, but still offers valuable alternatives for reshaping the professional squad. With the confirmed departures of Marcelo Saracchi and youngster Iker Zufiaurre abroad, the club from La Ribera gains some breathing room in its roster and has the regulatory margin to go after a new signing before September 2.

Although the local transfer window has officially closed, the Professional League’s regulations include a timely exception for the blue and gold club. By completing transfers or loan deals for players to foreign leagues, the board receives a formal extension that allows it to add a new face to the squad.

In this context, one of the latest developments is the departure of Iker Zufiaurre. The promising reserve-team forward will move to Uruguayan football to wear Albion’s shirt on a one-year loan with no purchase option. This deal is key from a regulatory standpoint, as it gives Boca the authority to negotiate for a reinforcement through the first days of September.

Iker Zufiaurre was sent out on loan.

At the same time, Marcelo Saracchi’s move to Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer wraps up another piece of business. El Xeneize sold the percentage of his rights it owned for $1.3 million, while keeping a 40% sell-on clause on any future transfer.

Marcelo Saracchi returned to Boca after his spell at Celtic and was sold to Houston Dynamo.

While the transfer of the Uruguayan full-back does not provide an additional signing slot due to the deadline rules, it does bring immediate relief by freeing up an international spot within the squad. In this way, the board now has the right conditions to fulfill the wish of the coaching staff led by Rodolfo Arruabarrena, who is demanding a center forward after Adam Bareiro’s injury setback.

How Boca’s foreign-player quota now stands

The current regulations impose precise limits regarding foreign players: a maximum of six contracted professionals is allowed, of whom only five are eligible to be listed on the team sheet for each official match. With Saracchi’s departure, Boca’s current foreign-player group is made up of Uruguayan Leandro Lozano, Colombians Sebastián Villa and Álvaro Montero, Paraguayan Ángel Romero, and Chilean Carlos Palacios.

It is important to note the operational exceptions within the dressing room. Both Paraguayan forward Adam Bareiro and Uruguayan striker Miguel Merentiel hold Argentine citizenship, so their registrations do not count against the club’s international-player limit.

Boca needs to strengthen a squad competing on three fronts. Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images.

With this range of possibilities on the table and one vacancy available, the club from La Ribera is analyzing options in the foreign market to strengthen its attack. The coming hours will be decisive in finalizing the arrival of the striker the blue and gold institution needs for the semester that has just begun, but which already features heavy competition.

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