The president of Vélez Sarsfield, Fabián Berlanga referred to Bologna of Italy’s interest in striker Santiago Castro and anticipated that “he could resign from the U-23 National Team” led by Javier Mascherano.if they finally execute the termination clause.
“I don’t know if Javier Mascherano is aware of the negotiation, but if Bologna buys him, I don’t know if Santi will have to resign from the National Team”explained the president of Vélez in dialogue with DSports Radio.
Vélez received an offer close to 10 million euros for the 19-year-old footballerbut the same Berlanga had stated that said proposal was “insufficient.” Furthermore, the president’s intention was to retain him until “June or July for a sports issue.”
However, given the refusal of the Liniers team, Bologna He would be willing to execute the termination clause of 10 million euros to take him.
Castro is concentrated with the U-23 team at the Ezeiza property, in full preparation for the Venezuela Pre-Olympic, which will begin next Saturday. And, as confirmed by the owner of Velez, Bologna’s intention is to add him to its squad as soon as possible, so if the sale goes through, he would not be able to compete in the Pre-Olympic.
“Bologna told us that they need him now and that ‘now’ for me involves him not playing in the Under 23 team”he assured.
If the withdrawal of Castro, His case would be added to that of Julian Malatini, former Defense and Justice, who was sold in this market to Werder Bremen of Germany. His new team decided not to lend him to compete in the Pre-Olympic, despite the fact that he was one of those called up by Mascherano.
The operation generated discontent among the AFA that published a harsh statement as a sign of repudiation of both its representative and Defense, who decided “unilaterally to negotiate the transfer of the athlete without, in addition, having informed the association.”
For this reason and, given that there is no regulatory possibility of replacing him, Argentina will face the tournament with one less player.
“It is not the boy’s intention to leave the National Team. But if Bologna buys him and decides to take him now, it is an issue between the club and the player and not ours. From Vélez we are not going to pressure anything”Berlanga added regarding Castro’s situation.
And, regarding the damage it would cause to Velez the striker’s departure, the president lamented: “Everyone thinks about Bologna, about the boy and the family, but nobody thinks about Vélez. We take care of the interests of the club”.
In Liniers they are looking for a new reinforcement
On the other hand, Berlanga also confirmed the interest of Velez by the defender Facundo Garces: “A while ago we expressed our interest to the boy and the representative, but they said that they had the desire and thought of going to Europe. Afterwards we found out that the Alavés thing had fallen through, we consulted and told them that we remained attentive.”
Velez This Wednesday they will face Belgrano de Córdoba for the Río de la Plata series, which takes place in Uruguay with teams from Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Chile. The match will be held at the Luis Franzini Stadium at 7:30 p.m., with television on the Star+ application.
The team led by Gustavo Quinteros will play its third game in the series after losing to Cerro (0-1) and beating River (4-1), both from Uruguay.
Source: Ambito
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