Racing took the first big hit in the market and will kick off the year with a high-impact addition. Valentín Carboni, one of the promising young players in the Argentine national team, will play at the Academy on loan for one year, free of charge and without an option to buy, after an agreement reached with Inter Milan
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The operation was closed after several weeks of negotiations handled with absolute secrecy. It was so important for the club that the president himself, Diego Milito, personally led the talks together with Javier Zanetti, vice-president of the Italian team, until the arrival of the soccer player was unlocked.
The arrival of Carboni also responded to a strong desire on the part of the player himself. With little continuity during its loan in Genoa, Inter decided to interrupt that loan and look for a destination that would allow it to compete more regularly.
In that scenario, the Avellaneda team appeared, an alternative that the youth immediately accepted, convinced that the club offers him an ideal context to relaunch his career in a key year due to the approach of the 2026 World Cup. Once the documentation has been exchanged and signed, the soccer player will travel to the country to join the squad led by Gustavo Costas, who will face the Professional League, the Argentine Cup and the South American Cup. Under the leadership of the coach, Carboni will seek continuity, leadership and reaffirm himself in the consideration
of Lionel Scaloni.
For Racing, this is a strong and strategic commitment: to bring together young talent with international projection and hierarchy, in an incorporation that shakes the South American market and raises the bar of expectations in Avellaneda.
Carboni's numbers with Genoa In his season on loan with the
Genoese club, the former Lanús played 15 games between Serie A and Copa Italia, in which he scored a single goal in 548 minutes. It should be noted that in most of the matches he was a substitute, starting only six times.
