Did he rule out Boca? Felipe Loyola on his future | OneFootball

The name of Felipe Loyola had started to echo strongly through the hallways of the Ezeiza training ground. With the transfer market on the move, Boca’s board had begun formal contacts for the Chilean, who plays for Pisa in Italy. However, the former Independiente player’s recent statements seem to definitively rule out a move to the Xeneize and make his priorities crystal clear.

During a recent interview, Loyola reflected on his move to Europe and made it clear that he has no intention of returning to South America in the short term, despite the strong interest he sparked at the La Ribera club. “I’ve built my path through effort and sacrifice. Nothing has ever come easy for me, I’ve always had to fight for everything,” began the 25-year-old full-back and midfielder.

Xeneize had Felipe Loyola on its shortlist to strengthen the squad in this transfer window.

The Chilean’s current situation in Italy is complicated. Pisa was recently relegated to Serie B, and the Chilean lost ground, playing just ten official matches this year. Even so, he valued the opportunity given to him by the European side: “It was the club that wanted to bet on me, that opened the doors for me. There were talks with other clubs that never fully decided, and I’m grateful to them because they gave me the chance to play top-level matches.”

Felipe Loyola will not be joining Boca

When everything suggested that his lack of playing time could be the perfect scenario for Boca to tempt him into a return to Argentine football, Loyola himself cleared up any doubts and reaffirmed his ambitions. “My intention is to compete over there. I feel I did well, that I understood the level, and I feel I have what it takes to stay, to compete, to keep growing in my football career the way I always have, through sacrifice and effort,” he stated.

In this way, the player gives the thumbs-down to the possibility of wearing the blue and gold shirt, prioritizing his ambition to make the definitive leap to Europe’s top leagues. “I trust myself, in my abilities, and the dream I still have left to fulfill is to play in the Champions League, to play for the best teams in the world. I feel I can get there, no one can take that dream out of my head, and I’m convinced I’m going to achieve it,” he concluded in an interview with TNT Sports Chile.

Felipe Loyola’s statements. Credits: TNT Sports CL.

With this firm stance, Boca will have to cross Felipe Loyola off its list of priorities and look for new alternatives in the market to reinforce an area of the field they consider urgent ahead of the next semester, in which they will compete in the Copa Sudamericana, the Torneo Clausura, and the Copa Argentina.

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