{"id":582073,"date":"2021-02-02T08:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=582073"},"modified":"2021-02-02T08:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T13:20:55","slug":"manchester-united-defender-marcos-rojo-completes-moves-to-boca-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/02\/manchester-united-defender-marcos-rojo-completes-moves-to-boca-juniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Defender Marcos Rojo Completes Move to Boca Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Out of favour <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a>\u00a0defender, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e0991c04\/Marcos-Rojo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcos Rojo<\/a> has completed his move to Argentinian club <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/795ca75e\/Boca-Juniors-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boca Juniors<\/a> for an undisclosed fee.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old defender returns to his native Argentina to end a seven-year spell in England at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<h2>Boca Juniors Sign Marcos Rojo From Manchester United<\/h2>\n<h3>Red Devils Defender Rojo Completes Move to Argentina<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd34 We&#39;d like to thank Marcos Rojo for his time at United and wish him the best of luck for the future! \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1356590566012821505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a United career ravaged with injury and inconsistency, the defender signed in 2014 under Louis van Gaal after performing well at the World Cup going all the way to the final. He signed after the World Cup from <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/13dc44fd\/Sporting-CP-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sporting Lisbon<\/a> for a fee of \u00a316 million.<\/p>\n<p>Boca Juniors are set to have beaten competition from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Newcastle United<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield United<\/a> to allow the return of Rojo to South America and link up with former teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c1a26d43\/Carlos-Tevez\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Tevez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rojo, who spent last season at boyhood club <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/df734df9\/Estudiantes-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Estudiantes,<\/a> struggled for game time under Solskjaer\u2019s tenure; being limited to 45 minutes for the U23s.<\/p>\n<p>During his pre-match press conference, Solskjaer had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-united-news-19727172\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed the news of Rojo&#8217;s departure<\/a>: \u201clikely that Marcos goes back to Argentina, a little bit of paperwork left to be done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Out of Favour United Defender Moves Back to Native Country<\/h3>\n<p>Having fallen down the pecking order, numerous English clubs had been interested in signing the defender but for wages to become a stumbling block. Since his ascension into the hot seat, the Norwegian manager has opted to rely on youth with the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2baec6ce\/Axel-Tuanzebe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Axel Tuanzebe<\/a> given opportunities such as the victory in the UEFA Champions League against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/ligue-1\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year defender, who can play at both centre-back and left-back made nine appearances last season before the coronavirus pandemic hit. His last appearance in a United shirt came in the 3-1 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/brighton-and-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_self\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> in November of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Rojo becomes the latest player to leave Old Trafford as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continues to trim down his squad. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/29\/west-ham-complete-signing-of-jesse-lingard-from-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Jesse Lingard completed his move to West Ham United<\/a> on loan until the end of the season, while <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/03622183\/Odion-Ighalo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Odion Ighalo<\/a> returned to parent club <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/8385b101\/Shanghai-Greenland-Shenhua-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shanghai Shenhua<\/a> after his loan expired.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ERg0lScTSfh-0KHD0Wo-nQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1202494729\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ERg0lScTSfh-0KHD0Wo-nQ',sig:'h0CkqOhKzX6EYcsvSyD866Gbr-mSumGffxGIMN4zTNM=',w:'594px',h:'593px',items:'1202494729',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of favour Manchester United\u00a0defender, Marcos Rojo has completed his move to Argentinian club Boca Juniors for an undisclosed fee. The 30-year-old defender returns to his native Argentina to end a seven-year spell in England at Old Trafford. Boca Juniors Sign Marcos Rojo From Manchester United Red Devils Defender Rojo Completes Move to Argentina \ud83d\udd34 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":582357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,18,28],"tags":[2215,36,4989,720,136],"class_list":["post-582073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-featured","category-manchester-united","category-transfers","tag-boca-juniors","tag-manchester-united","tag-manchester-united-transfers","tag-marcos-rojo","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}