The fourth inhibition arrived at Independiente due to the debt for Gastón Silva

A month before the transfer market opens in Argentine football, Independiente was notified of another harsh sanction by FIFA. It is a new inhibition due to the Gastón Silva caseto whom you owe some u$s 2,300,000 (1,650,000 plus penalty interest for not having made the initial payment)

Independiente had already been warned in mid-February and had a period of 45 days to transfer said money. However, by not paying, This Tuesday FIFA formalized the penalty for Rojo.

This inhibition is formally added to that of Fernando Gaibor ($2,400,000), Tijuana from Mexico by Chucky Ferreyra ($460,000) and a small one by Edgar Elizalde ($2,000).

The situation is worrying because The figure amounts to more than 5 million dollars and Mazatlán still needs to be added due to the pass of Sebastián Sosawhich is about 100 thousand dollars more.

As explained by the leaders, it is a reality that Independiente will not be able to disburse all that money before there is the transfer market. The club aims to reduce the debt and negotiate a new payment plan to save time. But unless a miraculous economic engineering appears that can help him pay, FIFA’s punishments will leave Rojo without incorporations.

Independiente’s situation is delicate. The inhibitions, worth millions in dollars, today are impossible to lift, and that is why everything indicates that an austere or non-existent market is coming.

The club’s general secretary, Daniel Seoane, expressed: “The only way to lift inhibitions is with extraordinary resources. Today we have to sell, because the classification for the cups is next year“. And he clarified: “We have players asking for a field, and we need to sell players. “If we don’t have a replacement, it has to be a super extraordinary sale, because we can’t sell to someone for whom we don’t have a replacement.”

Following the same tune, the secretary general joined the sayings of Néstor Grindetti: “Independiente today is economically balanced. We do not generate debts if we drag them from the past. All the income we have from sponsors, we use for maintenance, and that is what we have today“. And he added: “We expected that we were going to be inhibited at this time of the year, that’s why we made a strong investment in players at the end of last year.”

The sale of Ayerton Costa

Since the elimination of the Professional League Cup, Independiente has already had the idea that one of the players to sell In the next transfer market it is Ayrton Costa. Although it was a real rescue wheel for Carlos Tevez in the background, since he was able to use it as both a central and lateral marker on the left, The club is in need of money to lift the inhibitions and the former Platense was already on the radar of several teams abroad.

The thing is Royal Antwerp of Belgiumone of the most important teams in the country, set its eyes on the 24-year-old defender and is determined to move forward with the purchase of the player. They have been following him closely for some time now. In fact, his scouting groups were in Argentina on several occasions and visited the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini to see his game live.

The truth is that Independiente is close to completing a sale that could bring economic relief. Although some details still need to be finalized, The club is negotiating 80% of the player’s salary in exchange for a figure greater than $2 million but less than $3 million.

Coast, who has a contract with Red until December 2025, played 11 games during 2024 and scored a goal. In total he has accumulated 61 games, with three goals and two assists.

Over the next few days the final details will be finalized and the sale of the defender to Belgian football will be confirmed.