A major conflict in Independiente is over
.
The kind that kept the leaders, the coaching staff and the fans worried.
Santiago López
, the 17-year-old gem who shone in Diego Placente's Argentine National Team, signed this Thursday the renewal of his contract that expired at the end of the year and now his contract was extended until
December 2026
with an
exit clause of 20 million of dollars
.
The situation of this youth attacker who only has one appearance in the top category (he debuted under Ricardo Zielinski in 2023) was quite a state issue in Rojo, but who excites everyone with his unbalanced and offensive game.
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.
For this reason, days ago they had made a drastic decision from the Board of Directors:
to hang him until his situation was regularized
.
This decision had even been endorsed by
Carlos Tevez
.
What changed?
Last week the parties came closer after a key event that changed everything.
López changed his representative.
He dispensed with agent
Tomás de Luca
, whom the leadership pointed out as responsible for the delay in the signing, and sealed an agreement with
Hernán Berman
.
✍️ Santi López 2026#TodoRojo 🔴 pic.twitter.com/VuiuHYCZU2
— CA Independiente (@Independiente) February 8, 2024
The contacts were revived, the kid assured the directors that his intention was to continue in the Avellaneda club, where he trained, and finally the story had a happy ending: in these hours and from this Friday he will rejoin to training with the First Division team to be taken into account by Carlos Tevez again.
His signature joins that of another promising project from the quarry such as the boy
Tomás Parmo
, who at the age of 16 signed his first professional contract last week and is a fixture on the substitute bench of Carlitos' team, while he waits for At some point its official premiere will arrive.