ROCO MAIORINO has been in Argentina since Saturday, scouting Argentine talent but Milan could also become partners with Boca Unidos.
Milan have been long known for their ties with Brazil, with many great players from the Samba Land wearing the red and black colours, but Director of Sport Roco Maiorino, who previously worked in the Scouting Department of Milan, has been in Argentine for a few days now to scout.
Maiorino’s ‘mission’ began on Saturday and its duration is 15 days. As reported by Sky Sport Italia yesterday, Roco’s base is Buenos Aires, where he’ll be able to take a close look at River Plate’s left-back Leonel Vangioni and San Lorenzo’s 20-year-old Hector ‘Tito’ Villalba.
Maiorino will attend the Under 20 four-team tournament with Chile, Uruguay, Mexico and Colombia and will be able to monitor the Uruguayan striker Rodolfo Combe of Velez Sarsfield. In his trip he’ll also follow goalkeeper Batalla, the playmaker Matias Sanchez who River Plate acquired from Chacharita and Sebastian Driussi. Among the names there’s also the son of Cholo Simeone – River’s Giovanni Simeone.
In addition to the scouting work, Maiorino also had a meeting with Primera B Nacional (second division) outfit Boca Unidos yesterday. “A possible collaboration? We talked about the possibility of a partnership or of a larger project that will be presented here in Argentina,” Maiorino said in an interview with El Litoral, as reported on the website Milannews.it.
“We’ll continue to work and exchange ideas in order to see what we can really do. We have to find a meeting point but from what I’ve seen this club works well and it won’t be difficult to find an agreement. I saw the stadium of Boca Unidos, it’s a very functional system – completely new, with an important structure. I hope they can improve and the team could then play in Primera División. The youth sector has a great structure, I saw their training and I think the club has a good infrastructure.
“Young players from Argentina? 80% of the teams here are based in Buenos Aires, but Argentina is a country that produces a lot of talent and they’re not only in Buenos Aires, but everywhere. This is a country that produces so many players and the most important thing isn’t the location of the club but the way that they work and train the young players in the youth sector, and the consequences can be seen in the first team. If you start from the youth then everything is easier afterwards.
“We hope that some Argentine kids can come and play in our club. We can offer our expertise in European football and see if there’s a chance. Unidos might be able to work with us & we hope that in the future 1-2 of their players can play at Milan.”
I can only laugh at this partnership. I don’t understand the benefit…Boca Unidos??? wtf….
Were you expecting a partnership with Boca Juniors or River Plate?
It’s a way to explore the Argentine market. Milan have been terrible at scouting in recent years (since Leonardo left, really) so any parnership that will help them overseas is welcome.
You allow them to develop young Argentine talent in their youth sector with your (Milan’s) help and then see if they can join Milan. It’s maybe sort of an academy in Argentina. Maiorino spoke about their youth sector mainly if you read the article.
I think this is a very useful article, I like the fact that hes checking out the 4 team u-20 tournament, there’s a lot of talent in Argentina and if they can get a team to try to gather it for them down there good results can come. If you read it also mentions how they have a brand new stadium and very good “structure” both things Milan lacks. We lose nothing in investing less then what one of our players can make in a week into trying to get inexpensive locked down talent from a young age such as… Read more »
Hector is a promising talent
It’s a great start!For go things to come.I watched the video the guy is Good!
Working things in Argentina? ..It also has citizenship advantages if i may add
but, seriously?
Milan –> Catania