Olaza will not continue at Celta

The Uruguayan side Lucas Olaza this afternoon he played his last game with the C
elta de Vigo in front of Majorca after failing to reach an agreement with Boca Juniors for the 19-day extension requested by the Galician entity, as announced in a press release tonight.

“The club appreciates his effort and professionalism during his time in Vigo and wishes him the best of luck in his personal and professional future,” Celta highlights in a note in which he points out that the other five players who were on loan –Murillo, Bradaric, Pape Cheikh, Smolov and Rafinha– they will finish the season under the orders of Óscar García Junyent.

In addition, the subsidiary players also extend their contract with the club until the end of the campaign. Dragan Rosic, Sergio Bermejo and Jacobo González, who have been training with the first team since returning to work after the outbreak of the health crisis caused by COVID-19.

Olaza arrived in Vigo in the winter market of the 2018-19 season to replace the loss of Junior Alonso, transferred to Boca Juniors. It took two months to play his first game with the Celta shirt, but an injury David Juncá It opened the doors of ownership, which would no longer lose despite the change of coach.

The Galician entity had a purchase option of four million euros on the footballer's federative rights but has decided not to exercise it.