“I am destroyed”, behind the scenes of Fabián Doman’s resignation as president of Independiente

The resignation of Fabiano Doman to the presidency of Independent He shocked and took the whole club and the Argentine football environment in general by surprise. It seemed that with elections taking place in October last year, Avellaneda’s club would begin to change its ever-hectic climate to move up little by little. However, The Red continues sportingly and institutionally very complicated.

What happened to Doman to make such a decision just six months after he swept the polls?

Before the consultation of clarionthe journalist and TV presenter only limited himself to replying with a message: “I’m destroyed by this decision, it’s not what I wanted for my life and for Independiente”.

In his public letter announcing his step aside, Doman said: “It is clear that the tools to help Independiente have not been found”.

In that statement, Doman lists the successes of this semester of management at the helm of the club, but revealed that “the financial commitments, which made possible the political space that has taken away from Moyano, have not appeared or appear”.

And deepened: “Not even an economic-financial project according to the company. It was not my job to carry it out or prepare it. Roles are diversified in a Board of Directors”.

These words are a clear message to his CD peers, with whom, according to this newspaper, he had a strong argument on Monday. Why? “For a myriad of situations”, slipped a voice near the executive table. The internal differences were marked and had the economy as their breaking point.

In his resignation, Doman said that the investment that was promised in the campaign did not appear to meet more immediate debts and, furthermore, to rearm the campus competitively.

In the last transfer market, 11 additions were made, mostly free agent or loan players, in lower ranks. He has only been invested by three young players with resale power such as Baltasar Barcia, Kevin López and Matías Giménez, but none for now has managed to perform in a team context that has never found its way before from Leandro Stillitano and now from the interim Pedro Monzón .

Independiente have not won since the first date of the local tournament and are two points off last place, which drops directly into the First National.

The choice of Stillitano, with no top-flight head coaching experience, was another burning factor. Stillitano was not chosen by Doman, who also supported the decision of the majority not to break with the consensus. And now, the journalist had chosen Repetto, with whom he had met last week to announce his arrival. Finally, the Uruguayan went down before Doman’s distance.

There were more sparks here. It is that the agreement provided for the coach to take over after the classic with Racing since he needed a week to organize the transfer of him (he lives in Ecuador) and that of all his technical staff. Several other executives tried to speed things up after last Sunday’s defeat against Estudiantes to show up before the classic and clashed with the position of the now ex-president.

“Independiente will have to learn to coexist not only at management level but in everything that surrounds it as an institution with less resentments and grievances. There is not even a crack. There is a free-for-all without sense”was another of the tough paragraphs Doman wrote in his farewell letter.

For now, according to the club’s statutory passages, Doman’s resignation will have to be accepted by the Board of Directors as a first step once formally presented. With that same act, the current vice president Grindetti will assume the presidency and the Assembly will be convened.

In said extraordinary Assembly, a majority decision will be made on who will be appointed as the new president until the end of the mandate. The successful candidate must be a current member of the CD. All of this as detailed in article 98 of the Articles of Association of the Independents.

Due to his political position (he is mayor of Lanús), Grindetti seems difficult to take responsibility for dealing with the daily life of a club that requires the utmost attention. If not him, who? Juan Marconi, 2nd deputy, or Daniel Seoane, general secretary, are other good names to sit in the presidential chair which, to the surprise of locals and foreigners alike, fell vacant just six months after having a new owner.