Overview

• Paredes is poised to sign a three-year contract after clearing a medical examination at the Genea clinic in Buenos Aires.
• The 31-year-old world-cup winner landed at Ezeiza early Wednesday and was escorted by Argentine Football Association staff to avoid media crowds.
• In his first official engagement, he reunited at Boca Predio with president Juan Román Riquelme and coach Miguel Ángel Russo to plan his second spell at the club.
• Boca Juniors agreed a transfer fee of about €3.5 million with AS Roma, well under his €15 million release clause, to secure the midfielder’s return.
• The club will unveil him at La Bombonera tomorrow at 18:00 with free entry as he begins a bespoke preseason program ahead of the Clausura season and the 2026 World Cup cycle.