Ex-Man Utd star permanently banned from Boca Juniors dressing room after blazing row with manager as contract set to be ripped up

The veteran centre-half is said to be paying the price for a blazing row that erupted with head coach Miguel Angel Russo behind the scenes. Cristian Lema and Marcelo Saracchi have also been banished from the training ground.

According to ESPN, said trio have been informed that they are not even allowed to use the lockers at Boca’s base. They will be forced to work away from the rest of the group if they want to keep their fitness up.

It is claimed that a big call “will not be reversed”, with Rojo being informed that he will have to discuss the termination of his contract if he wants to find another team at 35 years of age. He supposedly informed Boca of his desire to move on before the Club World Cup.

A disastrous run of form is seeing plenty of uncomfortable questions asked of Boca, with unwanted records being broken. Rojo will play no part in efforts to turn fortunes around, with his last appearance coming on May 10.

Rojo failed to attract interest before Boca headed to the United States for the Club World Cup and is said to have become a “huge problem for the board to solve” in Buenos Aires as questions are asked of his temperament and value to any given cause.