Moyano and the Independiente crisis: from “my candidacy is not defined” to the incredible excuse for Verón’s millionaire embargo

Independiente president Hugo Moyano broke his silence on Tuesday in the midst of the serious crisis that the Avellaneda club is going through. The Truckers leader considered it conditions are not suitable for holding postponed electionsHe threw harsh accusations against the candidates of the opposition lists and gave an unusual explanation about the millionaire embargo on the money coming from TV rights after the trial that the footballer Gonzalo Veron made at the institute.

“In my opinion there are no conditions for elections, but if the council decides that they can be held, they will be held”Moyano warned in dialogue with Radio 10 in relation to the elections that should have been held last December and which have been pending since then after a series of legal disputes.

In this sense, he argued the reason for his claims. “We don’t set the date. He’s in court and there are still 60 days left. The electoral council has to check the submissions and they (due to an opposition list) got it wrong.”

The reference of 60 days refers to the possibility that the ruling party has to challenge the court ruling that allowed the list led by Fabián Doman to participate in the elections.

“We will do what is appropriate for the good of Independiente,” remarked the 78-year-old trade unionist, who has led the club since 2014, when Independiente was in the National B.

Will another Moyano period follow? The former head of the CGT said he had not decided whether he would go back to the presidency of the Avellaneda club. “My Independent candidacy is not yet final,” he warned. And he immediately cleaned up his eroded management of him. “In the worst moment in Independiente’s history, we took over. Whoever sent him to Serie B is the one who criticizes and acts as a savior today. When you had to put in money, they weren’t“.

On the other hand, Moyano supported him “All the macrism is behind the Independiente opposition”. And that’s not all: “These guys left us a mess and we took the lead, when we weren’t on the Board of Directors. We finished the stadium and the pitch. They never did and in 200 they are all brave and they shout. “

In this sense, he tried to explain the reason for the delay in the electoral act. “Now they shout nonsense. If everything is okay we will accept the lists. But a group was not in a position to do so and that is why the Electoral College acted. They want to violate the rules, that is why the Justice stopped the elections.”

And, aiming hard at one of the opposition candidates, he boasted of the support of the Independiente partners. “We never lost the elections. We won with thousands of votes. Now many young people are gathering, some of whom are not even from Independiente, and there is all the macrism and the media that represent Doman, the AFI services that want to get involved. at stake ”, he stressed.

Also, when asked about the millionaire embargo on TV rights that fell on the club after the trial for non-payment of Gonzalo Verón – he barely played 18 games and scored a goal with Rojo -, Moyano launched an unusual explanation that does more that unmask the lack of management, beyond the fact that an appeal is already underway to the Supreme Court of Buenos Aires against the sentence.

“The Gonzalo Verón embargo came in the middle of a pandemic, when no one was working. The trial is in the Supreme Court, because it went from 800 thousand dollars to 6 million, in a communication that arrived when the office was closed. A total nonsense. “, has indicated.

Finally, he referred to the open search for a coach after Eduardo Domínguez’s departure following Avellaneda’s defeat in the classic against Racing.

“Of course you have to look for a DT. Look how the opposition works that left even Eduardo Domínguez, which was what everyone wanted,” he noted. And he closed: “We will do everything necessary to ensure that the Independiente continues to be one of the best institutions in the country”.

Finally, Moyano recalled that “he never intended to be president of Independiente, but they convinced him when” he was about to close the list “.

“When it was necessary to put the money, we took it. Nobody was paid and the players didn’t have a place to train. We didn’t have the luck we needed in football, but we won two cups (the South American in 2017 and Suruga Bank in 2018), “he concluded. .

With information from Telam