Santi López signed a new contract with Independiente until December 2026. The striker played in the Under 17 World Cup with the Argentine National Team.
He will once again be at the disposal of Carlos Tevez. The situation of this youth attacker was quite a state issue in Rojo. The leadership had been talking for months to try to shield him and did not want his case to become something similar to what happened at some point with Claudio 'Diablito' Echeverri in River.