When on January 3 Julio Vaccari reunites with the squad Independent in Villa Domínico to start the preseason, which will feature two friendlies in Uruguay, you will want to see new faces. For this reason, the Rojo leadership began to move quickly in the market as soon as the league ended. AND everything indicates that there will be Christmas gifts for the coach. The Avellaneda team has already verbally closed its first reinforcement, directed the second, advanced strongly to ensure the continuity of two key players.
The Chilean Pablo Galdames He will be a new Independiente footballer to face 2025 with multiple competition for qualification to the Copa Sudamericana. The 27-year-old midfielder remains with the pass in his possession after ending his relationship with Vasco Da Gama (30 games and two goals) and verbally arranged his arrival at the King of Cups.
Vaccari knows him from his time at Vélez where he played a total of 63 games between 2018 and 2021, where he scored three goals. Then he emigrated to Italian football and wore the shirt of Genoa and Cremonese, although without much continuity: he added 45 games and one goal between mid-2021 and 2023. He will sign with the Devil for two years.
That’s not all. Another arrival could be confirmed in the coming days. It’s about the extreme Imanol Machucaformer Union of Santa Fe that is located in Fortaleza, Brazil. This year he played a total of 43 games and scored 4 goals. Independiente wants him on loan and made an offer of a position of 150 thousand dollars for one year. In addition, a purchase option of 1.8 million dollars for 70 percent of the pass. In Avellaneda they are optimistic about agreeing.
There is also optimism for the renewal of Ivan Marcone. The midfielder is the only one of the players whose contract expires on December 31 that will continue. Last week there was a meeting in which the deal was very close. It is discussed whether the signing will be for one or two more years. In any case, Vaccari’s idea is to ask for another central midfielder to compete for Marcone’s position.
A key piece of the team is Kevin Lomónaco. Together with goalkeeper Rodrigo Rey, they are the undisputed figures of Rojo in 2024. Independiente wants to sign the 22-year-old defender who is on loan from Bragantino in Brazil. It has two purchase options: one expires at the end of this year and is for 3 million dollars; The other expires in mid-2025 and is for $3.5 million. Both are to acquire 75 percent of your token.
The leadership led by Nestor Grindetti moves forward to execute the first option and pay it in installments so as not to compromise the already weak economy of the club. There is also some optimism in being able to complete this operation this week and thus please the coach and the fans who put it as one of the priorities.
Beyond these negotiations, Vaccari wants more because he needs to fill other positions that were weakened. El Rojo is also looking for a left-footed center back, a left back and a creative midfielder. There are talks with San Lorenzo by Malcom Braida, although at the moment there was no agreement in sight.