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Boca Juniors wants to take Antonio Mohamed away from the Pumas, according to reports

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By Arnaldo Fernandez

07 Nov 2023, 22:38 PM EST

Antonio Mohamed, current coach of the UNAM Pumas is intended by Boca Juniors, according to reports from different media in Argentina and Mexico, this after Jorge Almirón will resign from the bench of the Argentine team after losing the final of the Copa Libertadores in extra time against Fluminense of Brazil.

The Turk has managed to change the face of the Pumas in this Liga MX seasonfrom a team that could barely compete, now the Argentine coach places them in box number 15 of the 2023 Apertura Tournament, since Mohamed is on the university team, they have become competitive and the atmosphere is different from those of just a few years ago. how many months.

Antonio Mohamed, coach of the Pumas.
Antonio Mohamed, coach of the Pumas. Photo / Pablo Ramírez / Imago7.

Antonio Mohamed’s connection to Boca Juniors would be just rumors

In the same way it was possible to know thanks to exclusive information from Record, that Mohamed’s arrival at Boca Juniors is just rumors so farIn fact, no one from the Argentine club’s board has communicated with the strategist who has a current contract with the academic eleven.

Another fact to take into account is that Boca Juniors will hold elections in the coming days, specifically on December 2, so a new board could mean that the new coach’s job is limited to only one month of stay at the club. Nevertheless “El Turco” Mohamed feels comfortable with Pumas and understands that he has achieved a resurgence of the team very important.

It is not ruled out that in the future the strategist welcomes a possible arrival at Boca Juniors, one of the best clubs in South America, but as mentioned above, they are just rumors for now. It should be remembered that the feline team is in the league positions and the expectation remains until now of how far Mohamed can take them.

Antonio Mohamed, coach of the Pumas. Photo/ Hector Vivas/Getty Images.

The uncertain future of Boca Juniors

Ameal-Riquelme is one of the keys to preside over Boca and the other key would be headed by Mauricio Macri, former president of Argentina, for now everything will be unknown until December 2nd. What is not unknown is Mohamed’s great season with the Pumas and his connection with Boca is something unofficial, which until now not even the strategist himself has commented on.

It is important to remember that the same Antonio Mohamed admitted to having been close to directing Boca Juniors in 2021However, right now the focus is on the Pumas and above all the key match they will play on the last day against Chivas de Guadalajara led by Veljko Paunovic.

Turkish Mohamed on the Pumas bench.
Turkish Mohamed on the Pumas bench. Photo / Pablo Ramírez / Imago7.
Credit: Imago7

This Apertura Tournament has seen how Mohamed has left for the Pumas numbers of nine wins, five draws and five losses in a total of 19 games played.. It is said that the Turk would have a termination clause of $1.2 million dollars and that would be the price that Boca Juniors would have to pay Pumas to acquire the services of Antonio Mohamed.

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