San Lorenzo has given Gattoni an ultimatum: if he doesn’t sign the renewal immediately, he will be removed from the squad

The situation has reached the limit between Federico Gattoni AND Saint Lawrence. The team captain Ruben Dario Insua He returned this Thursday from Europe, where he had traveled the weekend without authorization, and turned up for training. At the end he had a chat with some leaders and Matias Caruzzocoordinator of professional football, in which he was given an ultimatum: he will not play this Saturday against Lanús and if he does not sign the renewal of his contract, which expires in five months, he will be removed from the professional squad. The ball is now under the defender’s sole.

“There is a decision made. We have expressed the desire that he sign the renewal and he has asked us to conclude with his representative,” explained Caruzzo after meeting with the 23-year-old defender who had traveled to Italy without the permission of the manager to complete the contract, processing of the community passport, an action that was also not well received by the locker room managers.

“He apologized for missing training and we continue to talk about his renewal. We will not change any term of anything that has been scheduled since September last year. I don’t like to talk publicly about numbers, but everything that has been agreed , with the exit clauses pronounced, is to be signed,” clarified the former footballer who is now at the helm of all of Cyclone soccer.

Caruzzo was visibly annoyed by the contact with the press at the Barça institution Ciudad Deportiva. And he was strong: “Gattoni says he doesn’t want to go badly at San Lorenzo. But in between there are things that are difficult to explain. I won’t speak ill of the player. Everything is ready for him.” sign and we will end well. No, we will change a comma and there is nothing more to negotiate. It is up to them (by the player and the representative) whether to sign or not. It strikes me that it hasn’t been signed yet, if we accept what they’ve asked for.”

That “what they asked for” mainly refers to the exit clause. Marcelo Lombilla, agent of Gattoni, has asked that it be lowered from 15 million dollars to 1.5 million. Da Boedo assures that this, despite the initial resistance, had finally been accepted.

“Sometimes – continued Caruzzo – it seems that the clubs are hostage to the representative teams. But it’s the player who ends up making the decision. I arrived at the club on 10 May and this was one of the first issues I addressed. I am very enthusiastic about some situations. I asked the player not to play on the first date, but I understood and respected Insua’s request to want to use him. For me, the limit was the start of the tournament”.

More: “I was not informed of the trip and it bothered me, obviously. I have to admit that the representative called me three times after Saturday’s match against Arsenal, perhaps to tell me, and I didn’t answer him because he had told him that if he didn’t sign on Friday it was all over for me and I had nothing more to talk about.”

Meanwhile, Caruzzo said that Sevilla’s offer existed, but that “it didn’t reach the release clause that had been agreed and for this reason it was rejected”. The offer was 1.2 million euros gross and the agreed clause is 1.5 million net.

This Wednesday Monchi, sporting director of the Andalusian club, acknowledged the interest in Gattoni and warned: “When the contract expires in six months we will evaluate what to do”. The fear at San Lorenzo is that the player chooses not to extend the bond and to go free in the middle of the year without leaving any money to the institution. That’s why they’ve already told him that without a signature he won’t play anymore. For now, he won’t be focused on visiting Lanús this weekend.

Just in case, in the Cyclone they manage alternatives in defense and it is not excluded that they register a central defender in closing the booklet. They also look for an extreme.

Who will replace Gattoni this Saturday?

​Ruben Darío Insua would have liked Federico Gattoni, but the defender missed the last three training sessions due to a trip to Europe without permission and this Thursday he made light movements on one side. That’s why they won’t play against Lanús this Saturday at 21:30 in the South for the second round of the local league.

The coach is outlining the formation with which he will seek a second consecutive victory (last Saturday they beat Arsenal 1-0 at home) and remains in doubt as to who will replace the captain in defence.

There are two candidates for the position. One is Gaston Campi. And the other could make his debut since he is Carlos Sánchez. The Colombian, a new reinforcement, has obtained clearance in the last few hours and is available.

The team would therefore be: Facundo Altamirano; Gonzalo Luján, Rafael Pérez, Sánchez or Campi, Gastón Hernández, Malcom Braida; Jalil Elias, Nahuel Barrios; Andrés Vombergar, Adam Bareiro and Ezequiel Cerutti.