In the last few hours, Independiente received other bad news outside the fields, on the desks, because a Buenos Aires court of justice ruled that “El Rojo” must pay 2,300 million pesos to Gonzalo Verón, former striker of the institution, over 6,200. 000 dollars claimed by the current player of the Peruvian club San Martín de Porres.
The footballer filed a million-dollar claim, noting that the Avellaneda club never paid him the money he owed.
“I got to sit down and talk with (Héctor) Yoyo Maldonado (Independiente’s secretary in the Hugo Moyano management). We had several conversations regarding that debt. He came to give me three checks, but then he asked me to please not deposit them because it was not the time since they might close the account due to lack of funds. That was at the Hotel Scala where the team was concentrated, I remember it well. We decided to save it at that time. But the checks expired and they were never replaced,” Verón said some time ago in an interview with Clarín.
Thus, between one thing and another, Independiente continues to lose economically and sportingly, which forces the president, Fabián Doman, to carry out feverish efforts on several fronts at the same time to move the club forward.
In any case, the last word has not been said since the Red will appeal the decision.
Independent seeks DT
The leadership of Independiente made a 180-degree turn regarding the style of coach they are looking for to replace the fired Leandro Stillitano and went from the more lyrical Pablo Guede to the more conservative Ricardo Zielinski, “because now it is more necessary to score points.”
The change of course arose precisely following the refusal of Guede, recently separated from the Spanish Malaga, who finally gave up continuing to negotiate with the “red” leaders due to the existing differences in the economic aspect.
After receiving successive refusals from Gerardo Martino, Ariel Holan, Gustavo Alfaro, Hernán Crespo and the Uruguayan Diego Alonso, the path continues to narrow for the leadership of the Avellaneda club, which for now only has Pedro Monzón at hand, a who came up from the reserve to direct the first team that next Sunday will face Ciudad de Bolívar, from Federal A, for the 32nd round. Argentina Cup final.
“The best thing this Independiente leadership can do is keep Monzón in office. When they fired me, I warned them what was going to happen”, Julio Falcioni confided last night, just replaced by the new leadership by Stillitano, in TyC Sports.