MADRID.- He FC Barcelona reported this Thursday that he will not play a friendly in Tangier on August 15, due to the “uncertainty” due to the unprecedented massive entry of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta a week ago.
The Spanish territory of 84,000 inhabitants, located in the north of Africareceived 72,000 migrants in the last days of July, according to official Spanish figures, with at least 78 deaths.
“Given the context of current uncertainty, FC Barcelona considers that, at this time, the appropriate circumstances do not exist for holding this match,” the Catalan team announced in a brief statement.
Barça did not detail the rival they were going to face in the Moroccan city.
The scenes of the thousands of migrants in Ceuta shocked Spain and caused a disagreement with some other countries of the European Union who support a harder line against irregular immigration.
Morocco does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over that region or over the other Spanish North African enclave, Melillaand has claimed both territories since gaining independence in 1956.
Boca announces signing of Valencia
The Ecuadorian international Enner Valencia will be a player Boca Juniorsannounced on Thursday the popular Argentine club, which expects the arrival to Buenos Aires of the experienced forward.
“Superman” Valencia, 36 years old, who played the World Cups in Brazil 2014, Qatar 2022 and North America 2026 With the Tricolor, he will try to return the firepower in attack to Boca.
“Enner Valencia will arrive tomorrow (Friday) afternoon in the country and on Saturday morning the corresponding medical studies will be carried out. If no problems arise, he will be a Boca player,” Xeneize announced on their social networks.
Boca has suffered from a lack of offensive power.
The situation was aggravated by the loss of the Paraguayan Adam Bareiroinjured, and for the departure of the veteran Uruguayan attacker Edinson Cavaniseparated after several physical problems in the middle of the year.
Emerged in EmelecValencia then passed through the English West Ham United and Evertonthe Mexicans Pachuca and Tigers, Fenerbahce of Türkiye and Inter Porto Alegre.
He comes from playing for Pachuca, from which he was released a few weeks ago.
Valencia played 109 matches with the Ecuadorian team, of which he is its all-time top scorer with 49 goals scored, although he came away blank in North America 2026, where Ecuador reached the round of 32.
Boca’s idea is to immediately add him to their squad that next week will have to face the round of 16 of the South American Cup against him Deportivo Recoleta Paraguayan, in addition to the tournament Local closing and the Argentine Cup.
