The sale of Andrés Herrera de San Lorenzo to River happened at the beginning of February 2022. After about 15 months, the right back who continues in the box of Núñez accused the leadership of the Ciclón of extortion and initiated a labor lawsuit claiming $ 411,739.73 in which he argues that he received threats to give the club the 15 percent that corresponded to him for the transfer.
It is a common practice among players emerged and trained in an institution: when their departure is finalized by a sale that means a step forward in their career, economically and sportingly, they usually resign the part that falls to them by law (15 percent of the total gross value) to donate it to the club as a gesture of gratitude and recognition of their training.
Herrera's case was no exception. However, now the 24-year-old footballer sued the Cyclone to return that percentage that, according to the lawsuit filed, he had to deliver but his pass to the Millionaire would not be made.
Before the consultation of Clarín, from the Barça leadership they flatly deny that the correntino has been forced: "Andrés Herrera voluntarily signed the donation to San Lorenzo of 15 percent of his pass to River. The clear example is that he did it after the sale was signed."
The demand of Andrés Herrera, current footballer of River, to the driigencia of San Lorenzo.
In his lawsuit, Herrera states: "Being advanced the negotiations aimed at finalizing my pass to CARP, a few days before the date of conclusion of the contract, CASLA told me that it was an indispensable condition for the defendant (party) to agree to sign the pass, that I return to CASLA the 15% that corresponds to me in the terms of those regulated by art. 8 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement".
He continues: "I did not agree with such an imposition. CASLA's response was that if he did not agree to return the money, there would be no pass. Faced with this reality, and against my manifest will, I was forced to consent to that return of part of my salary."
The demand of Andrés Herrera, current footballer of River, to the driigencia of San Lorenzo.
That is, the player accepts that he signed to return that money to San Lorenzo, but says he did so under threat and extortion. In this sense, Herrera explains: "It was agreed - forced on my part - that when withdrawing the check from FAA (Argentine Footballers Association) I should immediately deliver the check to CASLA."
The lateral details in the lawsuit filed that on February 10, 2022, when leaving the offices of Agremiados, an employee of the Boedo club appeared to demand the delivery of the check that he had just withdrawn in his name. "The check delivered -forcefully- to the defendant did not meet the requirements to be endorsed, so if it was cashed by the defendant or by a third party, this was done in concrete violation of the law," he concludes.
In the contract signed by Herrera, his representative Gustavo Lescovich, the president of San Lorenzo Horacio Arreceygor and the then secretary Miguel Mastrosimone (today vice president) is reflected in its third part: "The parties expressly and unequivocally state that each and every one of the articles of the present have been voluntarily established by both, and that they have had adequate advice for the purposes of signing this document, being in full knowledge of the implications and consequences derived from it".
Labour justice will now have to resolve. "San Lorenzo will defend its position and has all the evidence to prove that what Herrera denounces is false," they say, convinced, in Boedo.