“São Paulo signed a time bomb!”: Iago injury worries, says Bahia journo | OneFootball

São Paulo is very close to announcing the signing of 29-year-old left-back Iago. The player, who belongs to Bahia and had been negotiating a return to Internacional — the club where he came through the ranks — chose the Tricolor project after the São Paulo board presented an offer with higher wages than those offered by the club from Rio Grande do Sul.

São Paulo’s move addresses an immediate need in Dorival Júnior’s squad. The left side is being restructured due to the current instability and the likely departure of Argentine Enzo Díaz, who is attracting strong interest from abroad.

The AVANTE MEU TRICOLOR team spoke to someone who knows the player well, Rafael Seixas, a journalist at Rádio Metrópole FM 101.3 in Bahia, who gave a far from encouraging assessment of the likely São Paulo signing. Check it out:

“Iago arrived here at Bahia after a long saga and with very high expectations because of the numbers he had been putting up in German football (he played for Augsburg). He came in as if he were the solution to Bahia’s problems at left-back.

And that was how it was presented on every website, portal, and newspaper, as if he were a star, but when he arrived, the reality was completely different. First because he immediately ran into Juba, who was flying here at Bahia, and second, he had a string of injuries and physical problems and couldn’t establish himself when he got opportunities under coach Rogério Ceni.

Iago piled up long-term injuries, which disrupted his continuity and match rhythm because of those physical issues. And there was also Juba, who was flying too, and since Juba played practically the whole championship and missed very few matches, Iago couldn’t get opportunities, couldn’t build any continuity, and when he did get them, he couldn’t earn his place, couldn’t reach the level Juba was playing at.

Then Zé Guilherme came along, and the fans asked Rogério to give the academy kid a chance, and Iago ultimately couldn’t cement his place. Since Bahia now have Juba and Zé Guilherme, and Zé Guilherme is doing well, there’s no reason for Bahia to keep Borduchi. That’s why the club let Iago Borduchi go.

And on top of that, you’ve signed a player who keeps ending up in the medical department, okay? He suffered a ligament rupture in the rectus femoris between October 2024 and February 2025 and was sidelined for a long time. In May 2026, he got injured again in the thigh, just when he was getting a chance to start, back when Juba was injured.

Before that, in May 2025, he fractured his nose, then had scar tissue fibrosis, a thigh injury, so he had recurring thigh problems. Then he had a skin infection that kept him out for a long time, away from the pitch. So he’s made repeated trips to the medical department. I think you’ve signed a ticking time bomb, okay?

He’s an okay player, not a star, not a superstar, not a Marcelo, not a Filipe Luís, not a Wesley. He’s a squad player, he can help. But he spends a lot of time in the medical department — you’ve signed a ticking time bomb

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