Santi López joins the preseason in Miami while negotiating his renewal with Independiente

The youth Santiago Lopez will be this Tuesday at the return to work of Independentwhile the negotiation continues for the renewal of his contractual relationship, which will end on December 31, 2024. And he will be part of the team of the Rojo who will travel to Miami on Wednesday to carry out the preseason.

This is a good indication that the renewal will surely take place because if there was no will to extend the link, the leadership of Independent I had made the decision not to put him on the plane and leave him in Buenos Aires.

Carlos Tevez He has the footballer from the Cordoba city of Nono among his plans to be part of the starting team, which is why he made it clear to the leadership that he wanted to have Santi López during the preseason.

Both the leaders of the Rojo as the player’s representatives continue with negotiations for López to extend his relationship with the club until December 31, 2025, and to end the conflict that had been generated after the delay in the renewal of his contract.

López, in addition to being one of the promises that emerged in the club’s Inferiores, was part of the Argentine national team Sub 17led by coach Diego Placentewho played the last World Cup of the category held in Indonesia -finished in fourth position- and in which he scored two goals, both against Venezuela.

The Independiente team will travel this Wednesday night to Miami, an American city where they will carry out physical reconditioning work until January 20, a period in which they will play friendly matches against Sporting Cristal, Deportivo Cali y Olympia of Honduras.

The reinforcements that will be added to the squad are Gabriel Avalos, Ignacio Maestro Puch, Alex Luna y Adrian Sporlewhile those who will continue their careers in other clubs are Tomas Pozzo, Martin Cauteruccio, Agustín Mulet, Javier Baez, Baltasar Barcia, Renzo Bacchia y Martin Sarrafiore.

Independiente, which managed to save itself from relegation, and tried to fight for the League Cup but was left out of the playoffs on the last date of the regular phase, will face the local tournaments in the 2024 season but is not classified for any of the competitions continental.