Santi López renews with Independiente: how long has the youngster signed and how much will his release clause be?

A major conflict in Independiente is over. The one that kept managers, technical staff and fans worried. Santiago Lópezthe 17-year-old gem who shone in Diego Placente’s Argentine national team, signed on Thursday the renewal of her contract expiring at the end of the year and now their bond has been extended until December 2026 with a $20 million exit clause.

The situation of this youth striker who has only one appearance in the top category (he debuted with Ricardo Zielinski in 2023) has been a matter of status in Rojo, but who excites everyone with his unbalanced and attacking game.

The management had been talking for months to try to protect him and did not want his case to become something similar to what happened at one point with Claudio ‘Diablito’ Echeverri at River. For this reason a drastic decision was made by the Board of Directors a few days ago: hang it until its panorama is regularized.

This decision was even approved by Carlos Tevez. What has changed? Last week the parties got closer after a key event that changed everything. López changed his representative. He gave up on the agent Thomas of Lukewith whom the management pointed out as responsible for the delay in signing and with whom it signed an agreement Hernan Bermann.

The contacts resumed, the boy assured the managers that his intention was to continue at the Avellaneda club, where he trained, and finally the story had a happy ending: in these hours and from this Friday he will resume training with the First Division. team that will again be taken into consideration by Carlos Tevez.

His signature joins that of another promising project from the quarry like the boy Thomas Parmawho just turned 16 signed his first professional contract last week and is a permanent fixture on the bench of Carlitos’ team, waiting for his official debut.