What will be the fate of Facundo Campazzo: does he return to Spain or does he play with another Argentinian in Serbia?

A week after being cut Dallas Maverickfranchise of NBA which he had arrived at hours before the start of the season, Facundo Campazzo’s future remains unknown.

From the Cordovan environment they assure that he will not rush to choose his destiny, because he wants to join a team in which he can have the leading role that he did not have in the mavs -in his fleeting passage through the Texan franchise, he played in just eight games- and enjoy the field again.

And although officially there is no news on his next steps, in Europe there is talk of two very interested clubs: real Madridwhich already had him in its ranks between 2014 and 2020, e Red Star from Serbia.

Real Madrid wants Campazzo and the Argentine point guard would like to return to his former team, where he would find himself Gabriel Deck. This seems clear for both sides, apart from the fact that his arrival could create some problems in the roster of the “white” team, which already has four players in Cordoba’s place: the American Nigel Williams-Goss and the Spanish Charles Alocen (wound), Sergio Rodriguez Y Sergius Llull.

“Facu He is a player much loved by Real Madrid, the team and his teammates. Sure, that would be an amazing acquisition. You have to let him calmly decide his future, but let’s hope he can be with us,” commented the coach Chus Mateo.

The main obstacle to Campazzo’s return to that club, who will turn 32 in March, would be financial. In the middle of the year, while the playmaker was waiting for a new chance in the NBA, Real had offered him a contract worth 1.6 million euros per season.

As reported by the newspaper Brand, in recent days sent him the same proposal and would not be willing to increase it. It is that with the peace of mind of knowing that he has the right to match the offer of any other club and sign him, I would bet hoping that the Argentine runs out of options and ends up accepting.

Campazzo and his representatives considered a few months ago that this figure was “insufficient and unacceptable”. And, at least for now, they wouldn’t change their minds.

Another point on which the parties disagree concerns Cordovan’s debt to the Spanish club, which corresponds to 40 percent of the fee he had to pay for his departure in November 2020, when he broke his contract, once the season had begun. , to sign with Denver and fulfill his dream of playing in the NBA.

Campazzo’s agents want that debt of 2.6 million euros to be forgiven if he agrees to return. From Madrid they have excluded this possibility, even if they have opened the door to renegotiating a reduction, if the base signs a multi-year contract.

The problem that the Cordovan environment sees in this scenario is that if they accept such a link, they would be taxed as Spanish citizens and would have to pay taxes on around 45% of their income.

Thus, it would be more advantageous for him to look for another European team to play for the rest of the season and then stay as a free agent, which would open another scenario for his eventual return to Madrid in the 2023/24 season.

Serbian interest

What would be the options within that scenario? In the days following his departure from Dallas, there were reports that fenerbahçe from Turkey and Milan from Italy they would go looking for him, even if these two teams denied being interested. And now he has appeared on the scene Red Star.

According to the specialized site eurohoopsthe reigning Serbian champion, who has Luca Vildozzaoffered Campazzo a €1.8 million net contract until the end of the season and agreed to cover a percentage of the debt with Real Madrid.

Another positive aspect of this possibility: if accepted, the Argentine would have to pay 22 per cent of his salary, almost half of what he would have to pay in Spain.

After its beginnings in Penarol of Mar del Plata, Campazzo played for Real Madrid between 2014 and 2015 and between 2017 and 2020 (in the meantime he had a Murcia). With the “merengue” shirt he won the Spanish league (2015, 2018 and 2019) and on two occasions the euroleague (2015 and 2018).

In late 2020 he made the leap to the NBA when he signed with Denver Nuggets and signed for Dallas last October, but lost his job Kemba Walkerto which the mavs They signed after releasing him. In his brief spell with the Texan franchise he failed to earn a place in the rotation: in eight games he averaged 6.5 minutes, 1.3 points, 0.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists.

Now he aims to return to Europe to return to being a great protagonist. Which club will he go to?