🚨 No visa, no paradise: Ayrton Costa misses the Club World Cup
Ayrton Costa misses the Club World Cup, according to reports from 'Ole' or César Luis Merlo.
Boca Juniors tried until the end, but the United States Embassy informed the player that he will not be granted a visa and will not be able to enter the country.
Costa has been denied the trip to the USA due to his criminal record, and while he was a player for Independiente in 2023, he already suffered a similar ban.
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His record shows a prosecution for theft, a case that was resolved through probation in 2018. In addition, the player was charged in an investigation for alleged cover-up in a femicide case, in which his brother is the main suspect.
Because of these precedents, the defender was unable to board the plane that took the "xeneize" squad to the United States last Sunday and will not do so now.
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