Boca Juniors is going through a critical sporting moment: the club has not been a champion since March 2023. And despite a multi-million dollar investment in reinforcements under the presidency of Juan Román Riquelme (who took office in 2024), the club has failed to reverse the lack of results. To the drought of titles is added another compelling fact: in 2025, Boca did not play in any international tournament, an unusual event for one of the biggest clubs on the continent and which increases the pressure on the football project, which could once again have Claudio Úbeda at the helm of the team, as the Argentine News Agency was able to find out. Almost 60 million in reinforcements, plus very high salaries Between the signings of 2024 and 2025, Boca spent almost 59 million dollars, but the real figure far exceeds that barrier if the contracts of top-level players are added. One of the strongest cases is that of Edinson Cavani, whose link demanded almost 4 million dollars from the club between salary and bonuses, a bet that did not yield as expected. To this must be added the high transfer fees and contracts of footballers like Lucas Janson, Marcelo Saracchi, Lucas Blondel and Ezequiel Bullaude, which also represent a significant expense and are part of an expensive squad that, even so, did not achieve results. Riquelme era reinforcements 2024 market — USD 26 million invested Brian Aguirre – 5M Milton Giménez – 4M Tomás Belmonte – 3.8M Kevin Zenón – 3.5M Juan Barinaga – 3.16M Ignacio Miramón – 300k Agustín Martegani – 2.6M Cristian Lema – 400k Lautaro Blanco – Free Gary Medel – Free 2025 market — USD 33 million invested Alan Velasco – 10M Williams Alarcón – 4.9M Carlos Palacios – 4.8M Marco Pellegrino – 3.8M Ayrton Costa – 3.5M Malcolm Braida – 1.8M Rodrigo Battaglia – 1.6M Agustín Marchesín – 1.6M Ander Herrera – Free Leandro Paredes – 3M An expensive project that still does not yield results Between signings, high contracts, bets that did not work and a squad that is still under construction, Boca faces the challenge of transforming the record investment into sporting performance.
