The former Argentina playmaker, sent off for dissent in Boca's last match of the 2008/09 Clausura championship in early July, will serve a one-match ban when his team, under returning coach Alfio Basile, play at home to Argentinos Juniors.
The Argentine government stepped in to help resolve the debt crisis faced by the country's cash-strapped clubs who owed huge sums in wages to players and tax to the treasury.
Basile has managed to entice midfielder Federico Insua back to Boca from Mexico and also strengthened his midfield with battling Chilean international Gary "Pitbull" Medel.
"We have a good squad and I hope we can win everything. The priority is the championship but we won't let the (Copa) Sudamericana pass us by," Boca's Paraguayan defender Julio Cesar Caceres was quoted as saying in the spots daily Ole.
Title holders Velez Sarsfield have largely retained the squad that won the Clausura in July, but are bringing back 31-year-old forward Rolando Zarate, older brother of Lazio's Mauro Zarate, from Barcelona of Ecuador.
The "Millionaires", who earned their nickname in the 1930s for a then world record fee for striker Bernabe Ferreyra, brought in some much needed revenue, albeit a mere splash in their debts, with the sale of 23-year-old Colombian striker Radamel Falcao Garcia to Porto for 5.5 million euros.
A Porto player not returning to Portugal is Mario Bolatti, the Clausura's best player, having renewed his loan with Angel Cappa's Huracan, who were pipped at the post by Velez for the title.
Simeone's San Lorenzo, the club hardest hit by players registering salary debts with their union, have however been the most active in recruitment.
