The talented Argentine footballer signed a contract until December 2017, with the possibility of extending it for another year.

By Juan Ignacio Portiglia

Updated on 08/16/2024 – 13:13hs ART

Updated on 08/16/2024 – 13:13hs ART

© Getty ImagesHe was wanted by Boca and River, but he went to one of the worst teams in the MLS

By Juan Ignacio Portiglia

After flirting with the most important teams in Argentine football, both Boca as River They had him on their radar and even started taking steps for him, Joaquin Pereyra will leave Atlético Tucumán to join the Minnesota United FC of the MLS.

The talented midfielder joined the team that began participating in elite soccer in the United States in 2017 with a three and a half year contractuntil December 2027, with a clause to extend that link for one more year.

“I am excited to come to Minnesota United and play for this great club, looking forward to helping the team. I am ready and have many dreams of achieving great things with the club.”he expressed Joaquin Pereyra regarding the challenge of helping the franchise qualify for the playoffs after a 2023 season in which things did not go well at all.

Since its emergence in the MLS, Minnesota United have struggled to be a protagonist. They are currently in ninth place in the Western Conference, sixteenth in the general classificationso if they finish like this they would have to play a play-off to continue competing once the regular season ends. Last year, things went even worse for them, since finished in twenty-first position in the general table and out of any playoff instance.

Minnesota United welcomed Joaquin Pereyra.

Unlike many other teams in the top league in American soccer, the franchise does not have any internationally renowned players on its roster, although there are several foreign players of a wide variety of nationalities: South Korea, New Zealand, Panama, Finland, Slovakia and even Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Minnesota’s historic negative record

Joaquín Pereyra’s new team also has a historic negative record in the MLS that it will no longer be able to erase. The 5-1 defeat suffered by Portland Timbers in March 2017 is to date the most comfortable loss suffered by a franchise making its debut in the competition.

Boca’s negotiations for Joaquin Pereyra

Although Boca had serious intentions of signing Joaquín Pereyra at the end of June, for which it had the approval of the board of directors of Atlético Tucumán, The negotiations ended up being aborted because the player himself was not convinced about the transfer.. The Xeneize had agreed to make the effort to get the 3.5 million dollars that El Decano was demanding, but the footballer knew that an offer could come from abroad and preferred to wait.

River’s negotiations for Joaquín Pereyra

At the express request of Martin Demichelisalready removed from the coaching position, River went for Joaquín Pereyra even before its classic rival, in the same transfer market in which the arrivals of Facundo Colidio and Ramiro Funes Mori were finalized. But The request for five million dollars that the Atlético Tucumán board made at that time was enough for El Millonario to decide to address other possibilities.