Prodigal sons returning home are a feature of just about every Argentine transfer window, but the return of Carlos Tevez to Boca Juniors last week has been the cause of more headlines than most. Announced by Boca hours before Tevez's spot-kick sent Argentina through to the Copa America semifinals after a shootout with Colombia, the move brings an end to Tevez's European career (for now, at least) and signals the only Boca foray into the transfer market that anyone really cares about.
The move itself doesn't surprise anyone; ever since he left Boca to move to Corinthians for €15 million -- at the time the most expensive transfer ever between two South American clubs -- Tevez has made no secret of one day wanting to return to the club where he made his professional debut.