Independiente secures Tomás Parmo: first contract and million-dollar exit clause

From time to time, Argentine football tends to produce seeds on its grass that grow and over time can become important footballing projects locally and globally. This could be the case Thomas Parmathe 16-year-old jewel of Independiente who amazes Carlos Tevez and with whom this Thursday he signed his first professional contract a termination clause of 20 million euros net.

Parmitoas Tevez affectionately tells him, who protected him like his chicken on the team’s campus. Redhe was present with his entire family at the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini stadium and signed his contract until December 2026 with the Avellaneda club.

He didn’t do it earlier because he only turned 16 on January 8 this year, old enough to sign his first contract as a professional player. Some time ago they came from Italy to tempt him with a succulent offer of 5 million euros to leave under parental responsibility, but the boy and his family decided to stay and grow up in Independiente.

Tevez made him do the entire pre-season with the Primera. And in the first days of the League Cup, against Independiente Rivadavia and against Vélez, Tomi Parmo was concentrated and sat on the substitutes’ bench. Without yet adding minutes in the main category. He Apache He warned that he will take it little by little, but all fans are waiting for its absolute premiere.

Parmo, a great promise

Those who know the club well have already warned about the qualities of this talented striker, who is very skilled and good at handling the ball with both feet. The day he made his debut in the Reserve he did it with a goal.

Thomas, who He is the son of journalist Alejandro Parmo, was born in 2008, started playing baby football in the Cultural Junior de Sarandí club and joined Independiente in 2016, when he was eight years old. After completing the cycle in Childhood, he began his journey in the Lower divisions.

Now the management will try to close the contract extension of another of its promising youth players: Santiago López. The boy from the Under 17 national team has changed his representative in recent days and this has unblocked the situation so much so that the signing of his new bond will be able to take place next week, given that the current one expires at the end of this year.