Gastón Hernández’s bad streak at San Lorenzo: from a frustrated move to Europe to a serious injury in his prime

In less than two months, Gastón Hernández went from almost being sold to Europe for more than three million dollars to suffering one of the worst injuries that can happen to a footballer: rupture of the cruciate ligament of the knee, which requires six to eight months of recovery. The defender of Saint Lawrence He has started 2024 in a busy way and instead of thinking about making a career leap mid-year, he will now have to focus on rehabilitation to come back stronger. Meanwhile in the Ciclón they have chosen to do so do not use the quota to replace it and they will not go to the market to look for reinforcements.

“I’m sick of it”Hernández himself said Gaston Suso, Platense player, last Saturday at Vicente López when he felt a whiplash injury on his right knee in an unfortunate action in the 11th minute of the second half. Tears were already flooding his eyes in the wagon. I knew what it was. He had already had the same injury in 2021 when he was on loan at San Martín de San Juan, but on his left leg.

In the last few hours, medical studies have confirmed what everyone in the Barça locker room already took for granted. “Unfortunately I have to face this injury again but I know that this makes me stronger for what’s to come. I want to thank everyone for the messages of encouragement, my family who supports me, my girlfriend, my teammates who from first place to At this moment they were with me, the technical staff, the managers and all those who in some way gave me strength.”wrote the footballer on his goals.

The last month and a half has been extremely busy for Tonga. The fact is that this defender, who under Ruben Darío Insua established himself in the Primera de San Lorenzo and became a key piece of Barça’s defensive system, was literally about to get on a plane to go to France, which would be his new football destination.

Olympiacos came with everything for him and the sale was verbally set at $3.5 million for 85% of his move in the last week of January. At 26, Hernández was about to take the big step across the Atlantic. But a last-minute change to the payment conditions by the Frenchman ruined everything and his ticket, already issued, became obsolete.

He never got on the plane and immediately rejoined the Gallego team, who immediately returned him to ownership. The management tried to renew the contract expiring at the end of the year, but the objective was to try to complete the transfer abroad postponed in the next booklet.

In fact, he was one of the players with the greatest selling power in the Ciclón squad in terms of age and current condition, along with Agustín Giay, Adam Bareiro, Nahuel Barrios, Iván Leguizamón and Gonzalo Luján.

That things happen for a reason… That what must not be will not be… Surely nothing of what he hears in these days will comfort Gastón Hernández. Maybe a phrase from Marcelo Bielsa will help you understand that it’s time to swallow the poison because in the end everything balances out.