[Diomed]

Mexico's Toluca nails transfers ahead of Libertadores match

Mexican soccer team Toluca, known as Los Diablos (The Devils), made a transfer deal for Argentine forward Ignacio Scocco and Mexico's Francisco Palencia, to toughen up the team head of the first elimination phase game in the Copa Libertadores.

"For the moment those are the two transfers we are going to bring in... and we thank Pumas for allowing us to include these players," Diablos president Rafael Lebrija said. Pumas is the National Autonomous University of Mexico team.

Diablos had wanted to strike a transfer agreement with Monterrey to borrow Panama's Felipe Baloy and Argentina's Leandro Gracia, but was unable to agree in time for the game.

Lebrija added that if Toluca reaches the quarter-finals they will try to get the third transfer allowed under Libertadores Cup rules. He said that Monterrey had wanted to transfer two players for the competition in exchange for a single player for a year.

Finally he said that current manager, Argentina's Americo Gallego, will be able to renew his contract after the Libertadores, and that two more players will stay for at least a season - Paraguay's Paulo da Silva and Uruguay's Vicente Sanchez.

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