The national defender will experience a new stage with the Xeneize team after his time in Brazil. Your bond will be until December 2025.
Gary Medel’s career has a new destiny. Pitbull left Vasco da Gama and has a deal to strengthen Boca Juniors in what will be his second step in the Xeneize team. He will sign until December 2025.
This was evidenced on the other side of the mountain range. Through the Instagram account estoesboca.futbol, the same one that the club launched to announce the arrival of striker Edinson Cavani, they reported that “Gary Medel would arrive Wednesday evening to undergo medical examinations. If all goes well, he will be Boca’s reinforcement “, they reported.
The national defender had lost ground at Vasco da Gama after the departure of coach Ramón Díaz, which allowed him to end his contract six months early. Medel featured in 32 matches for the Rio de Janeiro club, being a key factor during the club’s time fighting to avoid relegation. However, a series of incidents and conflicts with management eventually drove him away from the property. .
Medel is now expected to join the club as soon as possible to strengthen the team’s defense and, if all goes well, he could be available for the Argentine Cup Round of 16 against Almirante Brown , scheduled for Wednesday June 1st. 19. in Mendoza.
It is worth mentioning that Juan Román Riquelme, current president of the institution, had already considered Medel’s return to the team. “I have always had a very good relationship with Gary Medel, but I told him that we were not able to find a place. He’s dying to play here again, but we didn’t get the chance. Here, if you loan a foreigner to Argentine football, he will continue to occupy your place, it is a very rare thing. There are things that can be done and sometimes not . He is now with Ramón (now separated as coach) and they were lucky to escape relegation last season,” he said in March.
In his first stage, between 2009 and 2010, Medel appeared in 48 matches with Boca Juniors as a midfielder before leaving for Europe.
Medel’s broken promise
In this way, Gary Medel once again misses the opportunity to keep his promise to return to Catholic University. In mid-2019, while wearing the colors of Turkish Besiktas, Medel emphasized that “I hope to come back one day, well, I don’t hope, I think I will come back in a few years, maybe two years and they will be able to receive me with the love they give me every day. “.
Later, in 2022, Fernando Felicevich – representative of Pitbull – confirmed that one of the banners of the golden generation intends to return to its roots: “Coming back to Católica is a dream for Gary and I will do everything possible to achieve it. Is going to happen », he indicated on the occasion.
In fact, the player himself confirmed his agent’s words, emphasizing that on this side of the world he would only play for UC: “If I go back to South America, I go back to the Universidad Católica. I don’t want to go anywhere else . I want to give him important things, to play for the Libertadores,” he said at the time.
However, his return to South America happened with Vasco da Gama and now everything indicates that UC will have to wait a little longer to have him back in their ranks. His return to San Carlos could only take place in 2026 when the defender will already be 38 years old and almost six months old.
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