Carlos Palacios, a 24-year-old Chilean striker, will become Boca Juniors’ first reinforcement for the 2025 season. The contract was made for a sum of $4,800,000, thus ensuring his incorporation into the squad led by Fernando Gago.
“Carlos Palacios is going to become a xeneize soccer player. He will travel to Argentina in the coming days, when his season in Colo Colo ends, and will carry out the medical examination to join the preseason in 2025,” confirmed Boca supporter journalist Tato Aguilera.
The announcement comes at a difficult time for Boca, after its recent elimination from the Argentine Cup at the hands of Vélez, which complicated its chances of qualifying for the 2025 Copa Libertadores. However, the arrival of Palacios represents a strategic move by the Council of Club football, which had tried to sign him in several previous transfer windows.
Palacios, who recently announced his departure from Colo-Colo, had repeatedly expressed his desire to wear the xeneize shirt. “I think it is impossible to say no to a team like Boca,” had declared the forward, who is also part of the Chilean National Team led by Argentine Ricardo Gareca.
These statements, together with the negotiations carried out by the Football Council, facilitated his arrival at the Argentine club. Boca’s interest in Palacios is not new. For several seasons, the club had tried without success to close his signing, facing rejected offers and public statements from both parties.
Carlos Palacios will be a reinforcement for Boca Juniors
Finally, Boca met the expectations of Cacique, a team led by former Xeneize coach Jorge Almirón, by offering the amount required to acquire 100% of the player’s pass. The arrival of Palacios will be key for Gago’s team, which seeks to strengthen its attack in the face of the demanding next season that will have it competing in the Copa Libertadores (with three dates remaining it is in the playoff zone) and would imply an agenda loaded with five competitions, added to the Club World Cup, the two local championships and the Argentine Cup.
At the moment, Boca Juniors is with 60 points, 3 behind River Plate, the last of those who are getting the pass to the Libertadores in the annual table. However, the leader of this roster is Vélez, who, if he joins the Professional League, will free up a spot that would be occupied by the xeneize if he manages to maintain his position in the last three dates, in which he will face Gimnasia (L ), Newell’s (V) and Independiente (L).
It should be remembered that in 2024, Boca Juniors did not play the Libertadores because they failed to qualify. His absence was a sporting blow, but also an economic one due to the prizes that are awarded in dollars for participation, triumphs and advancement in phases. He was one step away from competing this year if he won the 2023 final against Fluminense, but he fell in the final.
However, the points they added in the last editions of the continent’s main club tournament earned them qualification for the Club World Cup that will be held between June and July of next year in the United States.
The president of Colo Colo recognizes the efforts with Boca Juniors to take Carlos Palacios
Boca Juniors’ interest in footballer Carlos Palacios, a key figure of the Colo Colo champion and best left midfielder in Chilean football, had been officially confirmed in the last few hours by Aníbal Mosa, president of the concessionaire that runs the Chilean club. In an improvised press conference, Mosa assured: “Indeed, the people of Boca have contacted us. “They are looking at how to reach an agreement to retain Carlos’ services.”
You know that there is a partnership with Vasco da Gama. What Boca would be buying would be 100% of the player’s economic rights,” the manager reported on the transfer of the trans-Andean player, who has a contract with the Cacique until December 2025. “He really wants to go. I spoke days ago with Carlos. If we have any kind of news in the coming days we will let you know,” Mosa said.
