The convulsed universe of Saint Lawrence lived this Monday, oblivious to the Christmas atmosphere, another schism that aggravates the institutional crisis that the club is experiencing, one year after the assumption of Marcelo Moretti as president of the institution.
In the afternoon the resignation of Nazarene Navonedirector of Development of the club, days after Moretti left the football commission and empowered the first vice president, Néstor Navarromeat businessman and former Malvinas combatant, based in Uruguay. Now, the ruling party also proposes the private capital inflowa mixed system, they say, although for other actors in the club’s political life it is a covert SAD. This Thursday there will be Board of Directors meeting –behind closed doors- where it is expected that more details of the initiative will be known.
The decision of the president of the Boedo club to hand over management to his vice was communicated through official channels a week ago, with a letter that also stated that “Navarro will lead a team that will work on a strong economic and financial restructuring of San Lorenzo”. An exit, that of Moretti, not as drastic as the resignation demanded by the opposition and somewhat lighter than the request for leave that those themselves advised.
However, the temperature in Boedo continues to rise. At the institutional level, before the defeat against Tigre On the last date of the tournament that unleashed the anger of the fans who tried to enter the official sector of the leaders in the North Plate, a group of members prevented the Assembly from taking place that was preparing to discuss the balance of the 23/24 period.
The sale of two juveniles to Defense and Justiceone of them a member of the Under 20 National Team, for the modest sum of 1.5 million dollars, was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Although the ruling party had the number of assembly members to approve the balance, many of them had been absent from the meeting that was to take place at the Boedo sports center. “Let him lie in the media, good. “But let him lie to us…”, complained an assembly member from Moretti’s group hours later, when a hilarious scene occurred: The President denied the sale of the youth players on one television channel, while on another the treasurer Leandro Goroyesky confirmed it.
Private capital inflow
Navone’s slamming of the door this Wednesday joins other movements that had occurred before, such as the resignation of Pablo García Lago as secretary, who nevertheless continues in his role as member of the Board of Directors. Upon his departure, he had denounced the attempts to generate economic disorder to convert San Lorenzo into a SAD. This statement fit with another movement: when he moved away Nestor Ortigoza of the Secretariat of Professional Football, got on Alejandro Tamerpart of the team Federico Sturzeneggermain promoter of Sports Joint Stock Companies (SAD) from the Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State.
In his resignation letter, Navone gives shape to a rumor that accounts associated with Moretti’s ruling party circulated on social networks: the arrival of private capital. “In the coming days I will formally request this Board of Directors to hold a binding plebiscite, so that the members can express their opinion on the proposal to bring capital into the club.”expresses the letter from the now former Director of Development.
The appearance of the SAD format generates suspicions after learning of a meeting between Moretti in the office of the Minister of Justice Mariano Cúneo Libaronareported by the Infobae portal, in which he participated Foster GillettNorth American businessman interested in landing in Argentine soccer. The appearance of countless mutual funds in the balance sheet that was not discussed also caused a stir.
The proposal that emerged includes capital to build the stadium in Boedo, a siren song that aims to convince members of a club that celebrates the Fan’s Day in honor of the stop to privatization, back in 2000. “San Lorenzo then went through other institutional crises, like the one in 2012, and always moved forward without the need for companies to come in to manage the club,” said a leader who now looks with distrust of the ruling party.
Moretti, in parallel, met with the president of the AFA Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia to seek support for the continuity of management; He also begged Navarro’s blessing. The head of the Boedo club hopes to strengthen the plan in the AFA, which after winning the judicial battle against the Government regarding the validity of the last Assembly, is now trying a friendlier position with the libertarian administration of Javier Milei.
On a football level, to the problems with the squad was added the departure this Monday of Gaston Campi, who, due to non-payment, ordered the club to pay the debt. In recent weeks, the club has been filled with claims for bonuses and salaries. Campi was not immune to this, as he made a protest, together with his lawyer, over his debt to the club. In 2024, San Lorenzo fired coaches Rubén Darío Insúa and Leandro Romagnoli, Barça idols, and finished in 24th position in the tournament.
Source: Ambito
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