Overview
- Boca announced an agreement to sign Enner Valencia and said he will arrive in Argentina this weekend and undergo medical tests on Saturday, with a contract to be completed if those tests show no issues.
- The club accelerated the move because Adam Bareiro is sidelined by a lumbar injury and Boca currently lacks a settled number‑9 for a busy schedule that includes the Copa Sudamericana.
- Multiple outlets report Valencia arrives as a free agent from Pachuca and that the deal is expected to run about 18 months, through December 2027, though contract length has been reported rather than confirmed by the club.
- Valencia brings extensive international experience—three World Cups, spells in Mexico, Brazil, Turkey and England, and status as Ecuador’s all‑time top scorer—which Boca hopes will address its scoring shortfall.
- Separately, a Chilean narcotics probe has detained Sebastián Soto Guerra and seized roughly 70 kilos of drugs and weapons, investigators traced some assets to people linked to Carlos Palacios’s family, and Palacios’s representatives have denied his involvement and reserved legal action.