In Independent Not only must they be holding their heads but they must also be regretting the exit on bad terms. Martin Cauteruccio.
Holding his head because the Uruguayan striker made a counterclaim to the club for which he claims more than $210 million in unpaid debts from the Avellaneda club for which he was considered free at the end of the previous season. And regretting, because since he left the Avellaneda club to Going to Sporting Cristal in Peru he has already scored 17 goals in just 7 games, scoring 4 hat-tricks and two doubles, becoming the world’s top scorer so far in 2024.
Martín Cauteruccio is the current top scorer
As you should be surprised, the team led by Carlos Tevez He scored only 5 goals in 7 games played, 12 less than Cauteruccio in the same number of games played.
It also surpassed the mark of Erling Haaland, who was on everyone’s lips when yesterday he scored five goals in the classification of Manchester City against Lutton for the FA Cup. However, the Norwegian has reached eight celebrations so far in 2024 but is far from the top scorer in the world.
The Uruguayan striker is going through a spectacular moment at 36 years old. In the five dates that he played for the Apertura Tournament of the Peruvian League He scored at least two goals: he has accumulated three triplets, against Asociación Deportiva Tarma, Los Chankas and Mannucci, and two doubles, against Sport Boys and Cienciano. But in addition, he played in the Copa Libertadores playoffs and, although in the first leg he suffered a hard fall against Always Ready of Bolvia 6-1, where he scored from a penalty, in the second leg he finished with a new hat-trick for the 3 -1 which was not enough to advance to the next stage.
Cuteruccio, who was sued by Independiente for breach of contract when he considered himself free due to non-payment, responded to the Avellaneda entity and claimed a million-dollar sum.
The former San Lorenzo player was not going to be taken into account by the coach Carlos Tevez, since in that position he had incorporated the Paraguayan Gabriel Ávalos and Ignacio Maestro Puch, while Matías Giménez was already on the squad. Since they owed him money, he decided to leave after having played 38 games in which he scored 12 goals.
So far in 2024, Cauteruccio leads the world scoring ranking with 17 goals, while Luuk De Jong (PSV) follows with 12 goals; Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting CP); Imre Badalassi (Tre Penne) and with 11: Brad Young (The New Saints) and Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain).
Source: Ambito
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