Lanús’ harsh statement after Chelsea’s alleged interest in transforming it into a sports limited company

The information immediately went viral, despite coming from a YouTuber who is a Chelsea fan: the English club would be interested in entering Argentine football if the authorization for sports joint stock companies promoted by the president became official. Javier Milei via a DNU last week. And, always according to the sayings of Felix Johnsonone of the six targeted under the AFA framework would be the Club Atlético Lanús. Quick reflexes, Last Wednesday “Granate” released a statement to exclude such an objective.

“Club Atlético Lanús ratifies its position in accordance with what was decided in its eighty-fifth Annual Ordinary Assembly (1999), where the door to sports clubs was definitively closed, being the first Argentine football entity to make an open and official statement against the SAD and reiterates with energy and firmness its rejection of the imposition of joint-stock companies in Argentine football.”published on his official account on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

YouTuber Johnson’s first version claimed that it came from the British club “They are ready to look for Argentine teams to act as satellite clubs (the so-called feeder clubs) starting from the new law” What does Milei want to do?

The “Feeders” are those lower-ranking teams, whose function is to prepare future talents and players to feed the first club. The City Football Group, for example, owns clubs in New York, Montevideo, Auckland and Mumbai, among others, which feed Manchester City, the jewel of the group.

During this Wednesday, Johnson added that in addition to Lanús, they were interested in being able to expand their conglomerate Mouth, Racing, banfield, Newell’s AND Students from La Plata. “There have not yet been direct talks with the clubs, Chelsea is aware of the public reaction against the decree and respects the culture of fan-owned clubs”he clarified in another tweet.

Chelsea is owned by the American investor and philanthropist Todd Boehly, who arrived at the club in May 2022 after purchasing (along with two other capitalists) the Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, the team’s historic owner.

Start of pre-season

The Lanús professional team began its pre-season under the direction of the coach Ricardo Zielinski looking to 2024, in which will start very compromised in the average, in 26th place out of 28 teamsFor now the ‘Russian’ team has no reinforcements and no longer has their goalscorer in their squad. Jose “Pepe” Sand (retired), to the defender Diego Braghieri (end of loan), Franco Trojansky (returns to the Union) e Giuliano Fernandez (back to Newell’s).

Other possible losses are Pedro De La Vega, also called up by Javier Mascherano’s Argentina Under 23 national team for the Pre-Olympic Championships in Venezuela. If it were not sold in this market, it would not be available until date 5 or 6 of the Professional League Cup.

The team will remain for the entire pre-season period at the Cabrero e Guidi facility until Saturday 20 January included.

It is expected that the first new faces will arrive in the next few hours, which could be Ramiro Carrera (ex Atlético Tucumán) and Abel Luciatti (ex Tigre).

Furthermore, Zielinski and his coaching staff have signed three young players to play the preseason, defender Lucas Irusta, midfielder Mauricio Cardillo and forward Bruno Cabrera.