Cannavo leaves Defensa y Justicia to join Costas’ Racing | OneFootball

Gustavo Costas adds a new man to his beloved Racing. This Thursday, right-back Ezequiel Cannavo from Defensa y Justicia is undergoing a medical examination to become a reinforcement for the Avellaneda Academy, with the 2026 Apertura Tournament already underway.

Cannavo, 23 years old, debuted in the First Division with Halcón de Florencio Varela and has already spent five seasons with that team, which he now leaves to make a quality leap to Racing, one of the historic giants of Argentine football, champion of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana and the 2025 Recopa.

The player is undergoing a medical check-up to join Racing, following Costas' request for a right-back. This defender has played 65 matches and has a good scoring record, having scored four goals.

He arrives at the Academy to fill the vacancy left by Facundo Mura, who left for free to Inter Miami. The current starter in the team led by Costas is the Uruguayan Gastón Martirena, while Tobías Rubio, a youth player who had returned from his loan at the Florencio Varela team, is also present.

In Wednesday's defeat against Rosario Central, at the Cilindro, the coach opted to use central defender Nazareno Colombo in that defensive position, shifted to the right, but the central defender showed that he does not feel comfortable in that position.

Thus, he will become Racing's third reinforcement, which was able to make additions after the transfer window closed due to the sale of Adrián Balboa to Russian football.

In this market, the Academy sought for quite some time the arrival of a right-back. Eros Mancuso, who returned to Estudiantes, Martín Ortega, who is free after leaving Tigre, and Santiago Arias, who eventually joined Independiente, were all considered.

Besides Cannavo, during this transfer period, Racing also brought in Valentín Carboni, on loan from Inter Milan, and Matko Miljevic, whose transfer was purchased after his good performance at Huracán.

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