Independiente needs money and Tevez could lose an important starter

The sword and the hard place enclose Independent in a big dilemma. The Avellaneda club needs fresh money to face the inhibitions that in their entirety exceed 5 million dollars. But, at the same time, he seeks not to disarm the team led by Carlos Tevez because it is precisely known that in the winter pass market there will not be large investments even if these debts are managed to be raised.

The economic crisis weighs more at this time. El Rojo has no alternative but to obtain extraordinary income to pay the most urgent claims and one of the ways is by getting rid of some of his footballers. That’s close to happening.

Tevez may lose one of the most consistently performing starters in the last year. The sale of Ayrton Costa is being cooked over moderate heat and in the coming days it could be served on the table of a club in Belgium. This is Royal Antwerp, one of the most important teams in the Belgian league.

The first versions indicated an interest from Bruges, but the one that advanced decidedly for the 24-year-old left-footed defender is the institution of the city of Antwerp. They have been following him closely for a long time. In fact, his scouting team was in Argentina and visited the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini to watch his game live.

As far as he could know ClarionIndependiente negotiates to get rid of a majority percentage of Costa (it would be 80 percent) in exchange for a figure that has not yet been revealed but that would not exceed the three million euros.

This defender who also works as a full-back on the left wing has accumulated 63 games with the Devil’s shirt, with three goals scored. The sale of him, if completed, would mean a breath of oxygen for the Red’s treasury. That money would be used to pay part of the debts, renegotiate the rest and thus seek to lift the inhibitions (there are five in total).

But that wouldn’t be all. Last week, Secretary General Daniel Seoane traveled to Mexico to continue nurturing the good relationship with Grupo Pachuca and to try to get more fresh dollars.

Pachuca has an option of 500 thousand dollars for the remaining 30 percent of Sergio Barreto if he plays more than 70 percent of the games in the current season. In turn, Everton of Chile, owned by Grupo Pachuca, has an option of 2 million dollars for Braian Martínez. Both options are for December. The idea is to see if they can get ahead by mid-year.

It was one of the contractual conflicts that remained to be resolved on the professional team. The contract of Santiago Hidalgo It expired in December and the negotiation for its renewal had stalled to the point that the 19-year-old forward had been demoted to the Fourth Division. However, in recent days the parties came closer and everything ended with the signing for one more year.

Hidalgo extended his contract this Monday until December 2025. The attacker has played 14 games in Independiente (none as a starter) and did not score goals in the scarce 235 minutes of net play he has played so far.

With this conflict having been unblocked, Hidalgo will once again regain ground. This Tuesday, for now, another one who renewed his link until next year will reappear in the Pedro Monzón Reserve. As he gets ready, he will be taken into account again by Carlos Tevez for the first team.