The 2024 Professional League Cup: A Transfer Market Analysis

The transfer market presented transactions of all kinds

The 2024 Professional League Cup begins this Thursday, January 25 and the teams nourished their squads with the desire to fight for the crown that in the last tournament was in the hands of Rosario Central (River Plate, in turn, won the League) . In the final stretch the name of Éver Banega, new Newell’s Old Boys footballer, appears as the most brilliant, but there were others who did not waste their time. Also bets, curiosities, that may surprise. Here, an analysis of what the summer transfer market has left so far.

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The painting that underwent the most profound restructuring is Barracas Central. El Guapo, to date, confirmed 19 casualties in the transfer market and this number could increase in the coming days. With its stadium in full renovation, the idea of ​​the white and red club is to manage to maintain the category once again and for that it had to turn a page in its ranks. On the other hand, the one that brought the most footballers was Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza and its 16 reinforcements to face the Professional League Cup.

So far, River Plate appears as the club that brought the least reinforcements, since it only added one. The team led by Martín Demichelis only signed Nicolás Fonseca from Montevideo Wanderers, whom he had already hired in the middle of last year and decided to leave him on loan in Uruguayan football.

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In any case, he could leave that scenario in the next few hours because president Jorge Brito himself confirmed days ago that they will seek to sign some surnames before the closing of the signing process. Talks have already begun for Rodrigo Villagra from Talleres and Luciano Rodríguez from Liverpool, although Agustín Sant’Anna (Defense and Justice) and José López (Palmeiras) are also involved. However, the Millionaire in turn was the institution that made the largest sale of the summer with the departure of Nicolás De La Cruz to Flamengo in exchange for 16 million dollars.

On the other side of the spectrum, the club that spent the most at this point in the market was Racing Club: it spent 9,950,000 US dollars on the nine reinforcements it has so far. Víctor Blanco’s management, in parallel, achieved profits of 18,400,000 of the same currency from the sale of footballers with Agustín Ojeda (7.5 million to New York City), Aníbal Leguizamón (7 million to Palmeiras) and Gonzalo Piovi (2.5 million to Cruz Azul) as the main income.

Kily is the one that suffered the least decline in the transfer market (Photo: Unión de Santa Fe)

When it came to exporting talents, Argentina became the center of attention for those clubs looking for young talents. That is why it is important to highlight three Under-20 promises who made the jump to Europe: Valentín Barco moved to Brighton Hove & Albion from Boca Juniors for his clause of 9.5 million dollars, Gianluca Prestianni will represent Benfica after they paid 9 million euros for 85% of his token to Vélez and Santiago Castro will join Bologna of Italy also for a figure close to 10 million of the European currency that will enter the Fortín.

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Retaining the squad during the passing seasons is a really complicated task but Unión de Santa Fe is the team that suffered the fewest casualties from one championship to the next. Only four players left Tatengue from their main squad: Franco Calderón (free to Universidad de Chile), Franco Troyansky (moved to Gimnasia), Sebastián Moyano (free to Barracas Central) and Kevin Zenón (sold to Boca). Cristian Kily González will be able to enjoy the structure that he used to save the Santa Fe club from relegation and aim high for 2024.

The transfer of Guilherme Parede, who left Talleres de Córdoba to join Kashima Antlers, represents the furthest departure from Argentine football in the recent market. The Brazilian forward left Argentina to face a new challenge in his career by joining the Japanese league. This move comes after his recent move to Vila Nova in Brazil. The striker, who renewed his contract with the Córdoba team until the end of 2024, is now linked to one of the most popular clubs in Asia on a one-year loan.

With the retirement of José Sand from professional activity with Lanús as his last shirt at the age of 43, the oldest player in the Professional League Cup will be Jorge Carranza. The Instituto de Córdoba goalkeeper will join the 43-man club in May and is currently the most experienced after the departure of Pepe. Enrique Bologna, Defense and Justice goalkeeper, will turn 42 at the beginning of February as one of the oldest in the local championship. He is followed closely by Yamil Garnier, who turned 41 in December, and is one of the historic members of the Sarmiento de Junín team. Furthermore, the oldest signing that was registered in recent weeks is that of Enzo Pérez (he will be 38 years old on February 22) with Estudiantes de La Plata.

It is not new that footballers from neighboring countries migrate towards new opportunities. Within South America there is a great contributor to the local level and it is Uruguay: there are currently a total of 41 players from that nation in Argentina’s top category. A little further back in the ranking, Paraguay appears with 27 representatives and Colombia closes the podium with 23. Chile, on the other hand, lowered its contribution recently and now there are 12 protagonists from the other side of the mountain range.

Diego Martínez is one of the eleven new coaches for the Super League and Edinson Cavani is part of the group of 41 Uruguayans who play in Argentina’s top category (Photo: Boca)

At the beginning of the Professional League Cup, a total of 11 changes were recorded in the technical directions of various teams. Of the big five, there were two who changed their strategist: Boca Juniors started with Diego Martínez, who took the place of Mariano Herrón, and Gustavo Costas joined Racing Club, succeeding the Grazzini-Videla technical duo. Furthermore, the place left by the new Xeneize coach in Huracán was taken by Facundo Sava.

In one of the promoted teams there was a change of coach since Rodolfo de Paoli assumed command at Independiente Rivadavia, taking over from Alfredo Berti. Barracas Central also took Alejandro Orfila to replace Sergio Rondina, since Huevo went to Sarmiento de Junín to cover the space left by Colorado when it went to Globo. In Central Córdoba, Abel Balbo will have a second opportunity to bring the Santiago team back to the competitive level after the departure of Omar De Felippe.

In Vélez Sarsfield, Gustavo Quinteros will make his debut on the bank, who took the position left by Sebastián Méndez, Mauricio Larriera took the reins of Newell’s Old Boys, replacing Gabriel Heinze, Sebastián Grazzini started at the head of Platense after the departure of Martín Palermo, Walter Ribonetto began his cycle in Talleres, replacing Javier Gandolfi and Tigre began with Néstor Gorosito as technical director after the departure of Lucas Pusineri.

2024-01-25 04:35:00
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