River vs Racing: Di Carlo responded to Milito and defended the controversial clause by Maxi Salas

The pass of Maxi Salas He unleashed a real short circuit between two of the largest clubs in Argentine football. Diego Milito, President of Racing Club, had launched strong accusations against Jorge BritoMarcelo Gallardo and the leadership of River Plateensuring that the Millionaire had acted “unusual” when executing the striker’s termination clause.

Given this, Stéfano di CarloSecretary General of River, decided to go to the crossing and clarify the position of the Núñez Club. He did it in statements to Love/ST, where he strongly denied the version of Milito: “We never told Racing that we were not going to execute the Salas clause. From the first day we said we wanted to avoid it, but we always stated that it was a real possibility”Di Carlo shot, making it clear that River acted within the legal framework.

“There was no surprise, Racing knew what could happen”

For Di Carlo, Milito’s sayings tried to expose River as a club that breaks codes, but he assures that the story is very different:

“The process was long, with calls, formal offers and meeting orders. We proposed to sit down to find an understanding, but they never gave us place. It is false that it was something improvised,” he explained.

As he said, River always prioritized the dialogue so as not to reach the execution of the clause, but the refusal of the academic leadership closed any possibility of agreement:

“Maybe Milito, for being new in management, was frustrated. But you can’t blame River for something that you firmed,” said Di Carlo, leaving his message spicy.

A pass that reveals internal cracks in Racing

The transfer of rooms presented weaknesses in the management of Racing, something that Carlo did not hesitate to highlight:

“If you sign a contract with a clause that later seems low, it is your own mistake. The other club cannot be responsible. In River something similar happened to Mastantuono and we did not go out to rage. The one who did not know how to shield the player was Racing,” he threw, in a clear criticism of the assembly of the contracts in the academy.

Di Carlo was also surprised by Milito’s refusal to sit down to negotiate: “We manage resources of more than 350 thousand members, you cannot close the dialogue for personal issues. If Racing did not want to talk, the clause was and it was totally legal to execute it.”

Is the relationship with Racing broken?

One of the big doubts is now how the institutional relationship between River and Racing will be after this crossing. For Di Carlo, we must not dramatize:

“The dialogue is always the way. We have the obligation to speak out of respect for our partners. If tomorrow we must negotiate for another player, it will be done. Egos cannot be put before the interests of the club,” he warned.

He even referred to the supposed “anti-river clause” that Racing would want to put Juanfer Quintero:

“I don’t want to think of hypotheses or internal club. What I do say is that Juanfer will always be part of River’s big story,” he emphasized.

The future of River and his candidacy for president

At the close of the interview, Di Carlo took the opportunity to ratify his alignment with the current management and his possible candidacy for president:

“Today my priority is River, not politics. But as Jorge Brito said, I am a candidate and the project has to continue. Here you have to sustain what was achieved and deepen. It is a huge responsibility,” he said.

The Club World Cup and the monumental support of the fans

Di Carlo also celebrated the magnitude of the Riverplatense breath in the recent Club World Cup, something that marked another milestone in the history of the club:

“It was tremendous. 40 thousand fans traveled almost to the end of the world to encourage River. He has no comparison with anything. We are the largest popular movement on the planet. There is no club that thus mobilizes its people,” he closed, proud.