Overview
- Vélez initiated initial contacts with Boca at coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto’s request to explore signing striker Milton Giménez aimed at filling the centre‑forward vacancy left by Florián Monzón.
- Those communications were a first step and no formal offer has been presented by Vélez yet, with Liniers planning to probe terms in coming days.
- Giménez has lost playing time at Boca after injuries and competition for places, including exclusion from the squad for the Copa Sudamericana match against Deportivo Recoleta.
- Boca has signalled it will only consider selling if the price is right, a stance reinforced by the squad’s limited attacking depth following Adam Bareiro’s injury.
- Vélez previously targeted Tiziano Perrotta before that option fell through, and the clubs’ recent Montero transfer provides a relationship precedent that could help negotiations proceed.