In this context, everything seems to be heading so that the power in Argentine soccer returns to settle in the Viamonte street building.
In fact, one of the original ideas that starts from within the AFA who presides Claudio Tapia is that the office of the Professional Football League (LPF), in case its candidate prevails, the head of Argentinos Juniors Malaspina, leave your location in Puerto Madero and start working precisely in Viamonte 1366.
That is why the decision adopted this afternoon in the LPF presidency room may be one of the last on the banks of the Río de la Plata. .
“In a meeting held in the room of the presidency of the LPF in Puerto Madero, the Executive Committee of the League determined that on April 8 the elections will be held to elect the new authorities of the institution”reported the LPF in a statement after that leadership meeting.
“The motion was approved unanimously by all the clubs and it was defined that next March 9 is the deadline for the presentation of the lists of candidates”added the text.
10 days ago, 19 leaders of the LPF signed a note addressed to the AFA to set an election date to remove its current incumbent, Marcelo Tinelliafter the initial proposal of March 23 was rejected.
The note was signed in person by Lanús, Rosario Central, Colón, Barracas Central, Argentinos Juniors, Defensa y Justicia, Independiente, Platense, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Huracán, Unión, Newell’s, Aldosivi, Sarmiento, Arsenal and Central Córdoba, of Santiago del Estero. While Students from La Plata, Board of Trustees, from Paraná and Godoy Cruz, from Mendoza sent the digital signature.
The next electoral act would have two visible candidates, one proposed by the LPF, who will be the head of Velez, Sergio Rapisarda; while for the AFA will be the mentioned Malaspina.
The acting president of the LPF, Tinelli, who will remain in office until April 8 but only figuratively, did not take part in this Thursday’s meeting, as was usually the case, since he will not act in any field so as not to create a conflict of interest.
In fact, last Friday before the long weekend for the carnival holidays, Tinelli, in use of license as president of San Lorenzo (he received many questions in the last hours from the former coach of the first basketball team, Silvio Santanderfor an unpaid salary debt), went to the offices of the LPF and removed all his personal belongings, including a computer of his habitual use.
Those who were in person in Puerto Madero were the leaders of Lanús, President Luis Chebel and the vice president of the LPF, Hernán Arboleya; the head of Gymnastics and Fencing La Plata, Gabriel Pellegrino; the vice president of Rosario Central, Ricardo Carloni, and the president of Banfield and “right hand” of Tinelli, Fernando Spinosa, who together with the head of Atlético Tucumán, Mario Leito, third vice president of the LPFproposed a “unit list” that was initially rejected.
This proposal is due to reaching an agreement that allows “tinellismo” actors to continue having a presence within the next LPF board, since a Malaspina victory would move them away from the center of the Argentine soccer political scene.
The only “unit list” that could have signs of feasibility at this time, according to Afista sources told Télam, would not lead as a candidate for a general agreement, neither Malaspina nor Rapisarda, but rather the president of Racing Club, Víctor Blanco .
And for everything to be as clear as the last name of the racinguista holder, the concrete thing is that it will not be necessary to wait long, less than a week, since next Wednesday the names of those who aspire to succeed Tinelli will be known. And to return to water at the AFA sources again, as in the times of Julio Grondona. To leave behind something that many leaders have been questioning quietly (and not so much) for quite some time: the “double command” in national football.
Source: Ambito
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