Rojo Gets Banned From Boca Dressing Room: Marcos Rojo’s time at Boca Juniors appears to be over in all but paperwork. The former Manchester United defender has been indefinitely excluded from first-team activities following a dressing-room confrontation with head coach Miguel Ángel Russo.
The fallout, described by sources close to the club as “irreconcilable”, has resulted in Rojo being barred from Boca’s training facilities, locker room, and matchday squad. He is among three players removed from team activities, joining Cristian Lema and Marcelo Saracchi, as Boca’s leadership seeks to reassert authority amid a poor stretch of performances and growing questions about the club’s internal cohesion.
Rojo Gets Banned From Boca Dressing Room, Contract Termination Seems to Be Underway
According to ESPN Argentina, Rojo has been informed that the decision is final and will not be reversed. He will now be required to train separately from the senior squad and must negotiate the termination of his contract, which was due to run until mid-2026.
Rojo, 35, had reportedly voiced a desire to leave Boca prior to the Club World Cup campaign in the United States. His recent conduct has only accelerated the club’s willingness to part ways, with senior officials describing him as a “problem to solve” rather than a player to retain. His last competitive appearance came on May 10, a 1–1 draw that now looks to have marked the end of his Boca career.
The club has issued no formal statement, but insiders say Boca’s board sees no path to reconciliation. Rojo’s disciplinary history, marked by repeated injuries, suspensions, and moments of volatility, has worn thin the patience of both coaching staff and executives. Russo, for his part, is understood to have insisted that harmony and discipline are prerequisites for a squad seeking to reverse its poor domestic form.
For Rojo, the current impasse leaves few options. Attempts to find a new club prior to Boca’s Club World Cup tour reportedly came to nothing, and his wages, among the club’s highest, complicate any swift transfer. At 35, with fitness in question and temperament under the microscope, he faces an uncertain professional horizon.
A World Cup finalist with Argentina in 2014 and veteran of over 100 Premier League matches, Rojo returned home in 2021 with hopes of a late-career revival. Now, after four years, his Boca tenure appears to be ending not with acclaim, but with silence.
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