Figueroa To Boca?

Genoa for­ward Luciano Figueroa could be head­ing back to Argentina if the player agrees with the six-time Copa Lib­er­ta­dores champs.  His agent offered the player to the Argen­tine giants, but there are doubt as to what would his exact func­tion be with the club.  Event though the club’s first option was Betis’  Mar­i­ano Pavone, the for­mer Vil­lar­real and River Plate man would be able to serve as an insur­ance pol­icy in the event Rodrigo Pala­cio finally heads to Europe as that clock is tick­ing away.  His con­stant his­tory of injuries affected him in these past few years.  His lat­est injury, a torn ACL in his left knee back in 2006 (very sim­i­lar to Palermo’s) left him out of action for more than a year.

Another option was Anderlecht’s Nicolás Fru­tos, but Boca brass are look­ing more and more at the option of hav­ing young­sters Ricardo Noir, Nicolás Gaitán, and Lucas Via­tri as tehy have imme­di­ately responded to the demands of play­ing for one of the top clubs in the world.

Boca asked for an exten­sion in order to obtain another for­ward due to the season-ending knee injury of Martín Palermo a lit­tle over two weeks ago.

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