Maratea’s collection to save Independiente: in one week the fans raised 650 million pesos

The very high goal that he had set for himself Santiago Maratea when he launched the trust to raise funds to pay off the debt of Independent is to reach 20 million dollars. It is difficult to know if that figure will be covered, which restores the delicate economic and financial situation of the Avellaneda club. However, in just one week of collection red fans reached 650 million pesos. If you take into account the official exchange rate this Thursday, it would be about 2.8 million dollars, which means covering half of the debt to America from Mexico.

Independiente are currently banned by FIFA due to the request made by the Central American team, which is demanding payment of the Cecilio Dominguez that the previous management chaired by Hugo Moiano did not complete. That’s about $5.7 million in total. Until you pay that amount, the devil You will not be able to embed, and young players over the age of 15 who signed up in 2023 will also not be able to perform in their categories.

This is the largest and most urgent debt that the Avellaneda entity has. And it is imperative to fix it in order to eliminate the inhibition. Well, in the first seven days of the campaign led by Maratea, donations have already covered 50% of that number.

Both the fans and the former players and the current members of the Rojo squad and technical staff have collaborated financially through the Mercadopago account that Maratea has opened for the contributions to be paid: Maratearrojo. The CVU number is: 0000003100056132456587.There are also fixed payment links, where the contributor can donate 32,000, 16,000, 8,000 or 4,000.

In the last hours the General Inspectorate of Justice intimidated Santiago Maratea submit a copy of the trust. They also want the influencers register it with the IGJ, since it is currently based in Neuquén (where the Provincial Inspectorate of Legal Entities operates). And they gave him a period of two days.

Maratea denounced this week on his Instagram account that he had received a lot of hostility and had spoken out “operations” against him and against this campaign to help Independiente. In turn, he received criticism when he said he will keep 5 percent of the total raised.

This Saturday he will participate in an event in Córdoba together with the Rossoneri fans to continue promoting this movement.

The account is expected to increase in the coming days as the tool for money transfers of supporters’ clubs and foreign supporters has not yet been implemented.