This Sunday, Argentinian Antonio Caselli was in the middle of a controversy after a protest by fans of Burgos, the club he managed until 2021.
It all started when fans of Spain's promotion club demonstrated in the middle of a Copa del Rey match against Mallorca by throwing a shower of counterfeit bills and Argentine pesos. Why did they do it? As a sign of protest against the recent sale of the club to another Argentine businessman: Marcelo Fígoli, the historic owner of Fenix Entertainment Group.
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The fans of Burgos, acquired by Marcelo Fígoli, threw banknotes with the face of the new owner onto the field of play and forced the game against Mallorca to be suspended momentarily.
According to some Spanish newspapers, including Diario de Burgos, in mid-2021 the businessman and River fan left the club with a significant debt of around six million euros.
However, Caselli's own version is different: "When I bought Burgos it was worth zero. When I left him, promoted, 71 per cent of the club was worth €17.7 million."
"I had a good relationship with the media in Burgos, I didn't get along well with those who stopped having privileges when I arrived," he says.
According to Caselli, of the almost six million that are mentioned, two million one hundred thousand euros appeared that corresponded to the prize of the players who had achieved promotion.
In addition, to counter the debt of six million that is imputed to him, the son of the former Argentine ambassador to the Vatican during the Menem administration, assures that he left assets to be receivable and that the account is positive: "When I left I left fifteen million seven hundred thousand euros on account receivable and accounts payable for 5.6 million euros. The difference gave a surplus of more than 10 million."