San Lorenzo: Gattoni traveled to Europe in the midst of negotiations for his contract

The uncertainty inside Saint Lawrence perches these days on one particular name. Federico Gattoni has not yet renewed his contract, which expires in five months, and although Ruben Dario Insua he is optimistic that the end of the story will be a happy one, the negotiations are not closed yet. To make matters worse, it has now been learned that the team captain is not in Uruguay with the squad but is in Europe processing his EU passport.

From the Boedo club they were in charge of clarifying before the consultation of clarion that the 23-year-old defender had requested permission in advance and that all parties (coach, football coordinator and management) agreed to give him the go-ahead to complete the personal process.

Gattoni explained internally that they gave him a date for this week and that it cannot be postponed. For this he asked permission to leave with notice to be able to get on a plane to Italywhere he is until he returns to the country this Friday.

In other words, Gattoni never went to Uruguay with the Barça delegation last Sunday, although his name appeared in the list of 30 footballers published by the official website the same day.

On previous occasions, other club players have experienced similar situations and it has not even been decided to denounce him publicly since, according to the institution’s details “These are personal matters for every footballer”.

The concrete thing is that Gattoni’s absence ended up leaking anyway and speculation fueled in the midst of negotiating the extension of their relationship. On social networks, there were several fans who quickly began to link their journey with a possible game as a free player.

Gattoni has made all the inferiors to San Lorenzo and has made it clear that the day he emigrates he will leave something at the club. For this reason, the management is confident that they will be able to terminate the signing of the new contract upon their return.

“The Gattoni thing doesn’t worry me much. It will still take a few days, but from what I have told him, he will be able to renew with the club and stay here. The day he has to leave, he will go to a European team because he has the conditions to do so. I trust you agree to its continuation,” Insua had recently expressed.

Meanwhile, the Galician begins testing the squad for the first preseason friendly, which will be this Sunday against Independiente del Valle. Augusto Batalla will be the goalkeeper. The defense will continue to consist of five men. Gonzalo Luján would be for Agustín Giay, who meets Javier Mascherano’s Sub 20. Gastón Campi would go for Cristian Zapata (he returned to Colombia) and Agustín Martegani would come on for Juan Ignacio Méndez (he went free to Vélez).