Alan Velasco participated in an interview in which he referred to the supposed interest of Boca. the jewel of FC Dallas revealed that Xeneize executives approached their representative, but that they did not advance beyond that. In turn, the former player of Independent referred to the impact that the arrival of Lionel Messi to MLS.
«It came to me from my representative, but it was no more than that. They asked him, but no more than that. No one from Boca contacted me directly or anything like that. Besides, I wouldn’t say a thing that it isn’t. In Dallas they treat me very well. They are always aware of what I need,” Alan commented in a note with TyC Sports. And he added: “There was never anything concrete”.
In this context, the young 20-year-old striker revealed how the franchise from Texas, United States reacted to the rumors that link him to the Ribera team: “I am very well here. At the time, there were people from the club who showed me what they said. In Argentina it works like this. They are not used to it here.”
Along these lines, Velasco recounted details of his day-to-day life in MLS and the differences with Argentine soccer: “I always tell my friends and family who want to know. The clearest example is club security. I go in every day. Once I scored goals in a row and the guy always greets me the same. When I was a mess, too. The culture here is very different. The person is treated as he is, a person who lives from football works from this. It’s crazy how football is lived at least in Dallas.
In turn, La Joya referred to the impact that the arrival of La Pulga at Inter Miami will represent: «People in Miami are crazy. They want to see Messi. Here it will be the same. We already played with Miami, so it’s very difficult for us to play again. Now that Messi has arrived, Inter is going to start winning.”. Finally, he sentenced: «I do not consider it a bad team, with a little order, you can compete on an equal footing. Now, with Martino and all the players, they are going to move this forward.”.
