São Paulo is a player of the Boca Juniors who is a favorite among fans and is at a value of $21 million.
Who is coming?
São Paulo has started the season of 2024 suffering from a series of causalities in its squad. They even lost the coach Dorival Junior who took responsibility for the Brazilian national team. In addition to the coach the left-back Caio Paulista now playing for the rival team of Palmeiras and had clashed with the Tricolor fans on the network has also left the team. Along with them both James Rodriguez and Wellington are expected to leave the team as well. While James Rodriguez is in talks of terminating his contract with the said team, Wellington has signed a pre-contract with Inter. Because of these reasons, precisely the Morumbi club has decided to return to the ball market to combine its squad with some new and good pieces.
São Paulo’s Continues search for a replacement
São Paulo is in search of a replacement for the thirty-two-year-old world champion James Rodriguez who has not been seen in any of the matches this season. The Colombian was signed in July of 2023 and has not been able to play a significant number of games this season due to physical problems with his health. The midfielder is in the process of being replaced and a number of players are being looked at to replace him. The problem with São Paulo currently is that they do not need to replace just the Columbian but also Wellington and coach Caio Paulista which makes the team chaos.
São Paulo has its eye set on a Boca Juniors Player
According to a German journalist in fact one of the names which are on the agenda in the São Paulo team is of the defender Nicholas Valentini from that of the Boca Juniors teams. This player is being looked at to be the new piece in the São Paulo tricolor as the player was evaluated very well by the board. In addition to it, the athlete was also approved by the coaching staff which is expecting a good performance of the team by having the athlete on board. Nicholas Valentini is a child of Boca’s categories and is a fan favorite among the Xeneize fans. At the young age of two and twenty, the player has managed to bag the position of a starter for the team Argentina under-23 team. Nicholas Valentini is valued at $ 21.3 million.
For Boca Juniors in the 2023 season, the player played a total of 37 matches and managed to score a single goal since making his professional debut.
What is the History of Boca Juniors and Sao Paulo?
The duel between São Paulo and Boca Juniors in 2007 was the 21st clash between the two teams and as for it, the Brazilian team has a history of coming out on top. According to a survey by the São Paulo Tricolor press office, in the last twenty games, there have only been nine wins for the São Paulo team so far with five draws. The team Boca Juniors has managed to win six times and in those fixtures, the São Paulo team has scored 33 goals while having to concede 27.
In general São Paulo team has more advantage but in Conmbel competitions the Boca Juniors have a more favourable number. In the ten matches played, there have been four wins for the Argentines, three wins for the other team while the match closed on a draw three times. There are a total of 16 goals for Boca Juniors and 11 goals for São Paulo.
The first match between the two clubs happened first on the 4th of January 1947. In a friendly play between the teams Boca Juniors won by 1-0 at Pacaembu with a goal from Boye. on the January of 25th 1961, São Paulo defeated the team Boca Juniors in the Bombonera and in the International Summer Tournament, the team São Paulo got a resounding 5 to 1 over the opposition team of Boca Juniors. The tricolors team scored three goals in the first half while Biano at 17 minutes, Agenor at 30 minutes, and Goncalo at 44 minutes put the other team ahead. In the second half of the game, Baiano and Agenor scored again which was an opening of a beautiful 5-0 against the rival team at the Bombonera. Loaiza on the other hand decreased the São Paulo team lead at the 35th minute of the second half. The team was led by Flavio Costa and went to the field with Suli, De Sordi, Geraldo, Riberto, Dino, Gersio, Celio, Paulo, Baiano, Goncalo, and Agenor.
What do the fanatics have to say about it?
The fans are not really happy with the team eyeing Nicolas Valentini as its new player and have taken to X to express that they do not like it. Every fan is in their favorite player’s corner and is supporting them but the Nicolas Valentini fans are against him going to the Tricolor team.
