If the grandmother’s jewel is going on loan through the window at the end of the Passes market to the Central Rosary of Ariel Holan, with whom they share a representative, with a charge of 150 thousand dollars and a purchase option of 2.5 million in half of your file. What happened to Santiago López, one of the youth pointed as the future of red who also knew how to shine in the U17 team?
He began to speak for his great performance with the albiceleste shirt in 2023. In that team he shared with other diaper talents such as for example the Devilito Echeverri, Pibe López was one of the figures. In the devil’s quarry he already broke it and stood out. Everyone pointed out as “the” boy to pay attention to their explosion in the last meters, their gambeta in speed and its imbalance.
In the reserve he also began to make his own. The expectation grew after the U17 World Cup in Indonesia where it was the best (Argentina reached the semifinal). His debut in the First Independent was by the hand of Ricardo Zielinski on July 17, 2023 against Central Córdoba. He entered the time fulfilled and barely played 2 minutes. I was 17 years old.
Then he had to wait for 2024 to achieve continuity in the highest category. In the middle there was the novel of the signing of his contract that lasted several months until he had a happy ending, with an output clause of 20 million euros.
Carlos Tevez He shot him, but it was Julio Vaccari In the dawn of his cycle, who injected the total confidence to take over the left left post. A Golazo against Banfield He confirmed that everything that was discussed of him was true. It was his great welcome to First, after all. It seemed that this would be your takeoff.
The leaders rubbed their hands because this independent – always economically need Esequiel Barco and of Velascohe could become a footballer who gave the team joy and that could be sold to good money in a not too distant future.
However, that good level began little by little. And the coach, naturally, replaced him with a partner with the best present. Suddenly, some reactions of the boy did not like the locker room. They say that after a local match, López was so obfuscated for having played just a handful of minutes that he did not shower and left with a bad face even though his teammates tried to retain him.
The referents, the DT and leaders in charge of football spoke to try to put it on axis. The club also made available a psychologist. However, the issue did not improve. Santi failed to recover his level or take advantage of when he had to enter. A point came where even Vaccari stopped including it in the list of summoned.
It was undoubtedly one of the pieces to polish in this new year. But the thing began badly for him: it was not summoned for the first date, even when there were lack of extremes on the squad. It was clear that he had been far behind in the coach’s consideration. And everyone agreed that he needed an air change. Red dress played in total 21 games and scored 2 goals.
“It’s a good opportunity for the boy and it’s a good option for the club. Great and it depends on him to discover and travel it, “Vaccari said at the last press conference.
Santi López already posed with the Canalla shirt with the hope of finding his best version there. It has a whole race ahead. As Vaccari reflected, everything is in his hands.