Boca can go for the striker Vasco wanted: Saracchi and Zufiaurre out | OneFootball

Boca keeps expectations alive in a transfer market that seemed finished, but still offers valuable alternatives for rebuilding the professional squad. With the confirmed departures of Marcelo Saracchi and youngster Iker Zufiaurre abroad, the club from La Ribera gains some breathing room on 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 regulations include a timely exception for the blue-and-gold institution. By completing transfers or loan moves for players to foreign leagues, the board obtains 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 the Albión shirt on a one-year loan without a purchase option. This deal is key from a regulatory standpoint, as it gives Boca the authority to negotiate for a reinforcement until 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 transfer rights it owned for 1.3 million dollars, 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 Uruguayan full-back’s transfer does not provide an additional signing slot due to deadlines, it does bring immediate relief by freeing up an international roster spot within the squad. In this way, the board has the right setting to fulfill the desire 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 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 included on the team sheet for each official match. With Saracchi’s departure, Boca’s situation now consists of Uruguayan Leandro Lozano, Colombians Sebastián Villa and Álvaro Montero, Paraguayan Ángel Romero, and Chilean Carlos Palacios.

It is important to point out the practical exceptions within the squad. Paraguayan forward Adam Bareiro, Uruguayan striker Miguel Merentiel, and Chilean midfielder Williams Alarcón all hold Argentine citizenship, so their registrations do not count against the club’s international limit.

Boca need 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 next few hours will be decisive in sealing the arrival of the striker the blue-and-gold institution needs for the semester that has just begun, but which already features plenty of competition.

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