San Lorenzo sold one of his jewels to Elche de Bragarnik when the European market closed

A few hours after the closing of the transfer book in the main European leagues, San Lorenzo sold one of his jewels from the quarry to Spain: Nicholas Fernandez Mercau He is a new player at Christian Bragarnik’s Elche in exchange for 4 million euros gross, about 3,600,000 clean for the entire pass. The 22-year-old left-handed will travel in the next few hours to sign until 2027.

The operation was handled with absolute confidentiality and only came to light when a video was uploaded from the official Elche account that made official the signing of the Argentine footballer who left Barça inferiors. as he knew ClarioneSan Lorenzo also remains 10 percent capital gains on a future sale plus full training rights. In turn, Fernández Mercau has decided to give his 15 percent to the institution that formed it.

On the one hand, it is great news for the Blue Treasury, which needed an injection of money to meet commitments for the end of the second half of the year. taking into account that the early elections stipulated after the resignation of Marcelo Tinelli will be held on December 17 as president. But on the other hand, Ruben Darío Insua loses a fundamental piece as a starter for his team, which is growing and looking to enter next year’s Copa Sudamericana.

The boy Tomás Silva is the natural replacement for Fernández Mercau from the left defense sector. In fact, he was about to be called up together with Agustín Giay by Javier Mascherano for the friendly match that the Sub 20 Argentines will have next week in Uruguay and by Boedo they decided not to give in to either of them since it serves for the defense is not unarmed. To this we must add the loss of Gastón Hernández due to a limit of warning (Gastón Campi will replace him on Monday before Defense and Justice).

In any case, Gallego raised his thumb for the transaction because both the management and the defender agreed. Fernández Mercau, who has played 51 games in total and scored two goals for the Ciclón shirt, was looking to make the leap in this book of passing.

At the beginning of Insua’s cycle he had starred in a small conflict by refusing to train and even skipping the match against Talleres for the tenth round of the championship to put pressure on a German Hoffenheim offer that the management considered insufficient (2,500,000 euro tax free). Then, the player talked to the DT and Matías Caruzzo (professional football coordinator) and rejoined the team to start over.

Now, Fernández Mercau will be able to take the step he wanted in his career. Elche awaits him from Spain, who so far has accumulated a point this season, the result of a draw and two defeats in La Liga.