Boca Juniors president is happy with the midfielder's leap and already sees him 'moving to a big club'
Juan Roman Riquelme was not an easy negotiator when it came to parting ways with Alan Varela, but now, from a distance, he admits the midfielder made a good choice to continue his career at FC Porto. Among the many tributes to the player and the man, the Xeneize boss envisions another jump for a European shark.
He added, “This makes me very happy. Don't talk, he is a great boy and I hope he can move to a big club tomorrow. This would make us very happy, because he deserves it. But I think going to Portugal was good for us.” “It is, because one thinks of James Rodriguez, Di Maria, Lucho Gonzalez or Lisandro Lopez. Everyone who went there had time to make the jump to another country,” said Riquelme, speaking to TycSports, also highlighting Alan Varela's journey in Boca. Juniors.
“He is a phenomenon as a person and that is the most important thing. He did everything a player should do. He played more than 100 games at Boca, played in the youth team, won five titles and went to Europe and a good league.” “For him, they will give him time to continue growing. It's not like in Italy or Spain. He's a phenomenon, and he deserves all the best,” Riquelme said.
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