

Kevin Zenón did not start the year in the best way. Quite the opposite: he was a substitute in the four official matches of 2025, came on for a few minutes in three of them and missed that incredible one-on-one against Unión (which was later tied) that put him in the eye of the storm.
But, even so, in Europe they know of his hierarchy and do not forget those vestiges of quality that he showed as soon as he arrived at Boca in 2024, which is why in the last few hours Porto sent a millionaire offer that did not prosper at the close of the transfer market in the Old Continent. The Xeneize management rejected it, just as it happened some time ago with that of Hoffenheim. By Luis Fernández
The Portuguese team, which has Alan Varela in its ranks and recently brought in the Argentinean Martín Anselmi as its new coach, put 10,000,000 dollars on the table for the entire transfer of the 23-year-old midfielder.
However, taking into account that his termination clause in the last stages of the market is 20 million in US currency, the Boca Football Council considered it insufficient and the player will stay at the club.
Although Boca had shown itself willing to negotiate, the problem that made the negotiations fall through quickly was the time in question. Since the transfer market in Europe closes on February 4, the Dragons decided not to continue insisting since the deadline was pressing and they had no time.
New and sensitive injury at Vélez
The injury issue is also the order of the day at Vélez. The serious ankle fracture of Joaquín García in his debut, the fracture in the hand of his natural replacement Agustín Lagos and its subsequent tear, the pain in the knee that sidelined Emanuel Mammana against Instituto, has now been added to a new one: the tear in the left femoral biceps of Imanol Machuca, the only one of the four reinforcements who had been playing while he is still waiting for Kevin Vázquez, Claudio Baeza and Tomás Galván. The former Unión player, on loan from Fortaleza in Brazil, will now be out for three weeks.
Of course, so many bad ones, for the time being, began to deactivate the requests to look for a club for the four young stars of the Reserve: Isaías Andrada debuted due to García’s injury, Jano Gordon did the same as right back instead of Lagos (despite being the first center back) and the most requested of the three, Benjamín Bosch -right winger like Machuca- will finally rejoin the squad. There were interested parties such as Talleres, Platense and some teams from abroad, but they were rejected and, given the new situation, it was clear that it was a mistake to think about letting go of his services. The only one who did not return was Felipe Bussio, central midfielder, a position where Ordóñez and Agustín Bouzat were joined by Vázquez and Baeza.
Serious injury to Lisandro Martínez: he tore his cruciate ligament and will be out
The serious injury of Lisandro Martínez was confirmed. The defender of the Argentine National Team, who on Sunday left the field on a stretcher and in tears 30 minutes into the second half during the match that Manchester United lost 2-0 against Crystal Palace, suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee.
The images that came from England had set off alarm bells, but only on Monday, after he underwent tests, the Red Devils made the medical report official, so the ex-Newell’s player will have to undergo surgery and will be out of the field for eight months.
The injury occurred when the Butcher went to fight for the ball with Ismaila Sarr, he stepped wrong with his left leg and ended up lying on the grass. “It’s time for everyone to help him,” said coach Ruben Amorim. Another injury affects the man from Entre Ríos again, after suffering several problems with his other knee, the right one.
For these matches, coach Lionel Scaloni will not only lose the United defender, but he will also have to find out how his other centre-back, Cristian Romero, returns to Tottenham (he suffered a tear in December).
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