After days of tension after controversy broke out over a video in which he confesses to being a
"Rosario Central fan ",
Franco Díaz
's hours as a
Newell's
player
are numbered.
The club analyzed the situation and made the clear decision to release him, under the chance of never playing a game again as a leper, and also make him pay a financial fine.
In the early hours of last Thursday was when the
23-year-old footballer
's ordeal began when he was involved in a scandal:
a recording went viral in which he responded from his car that he was a Rosario Central fan
when asked by a group of girls who identified him. .
Just a few hours after the controversy, the midfielder who previously played in Platense and whose pass belongs to Vélez, published a video on his social networks admitting that his sayings "
are not something he thinks or feels
. "
"
I didn't realize that they were recording me, it was under a tense situation in which there were people surrounding my car
. I said it more than anything to get away from the situation. I am very happy in the largest club in the Interior and that video thing is not It is something true," Díaz added in the publication.
SCANDAL IN ROSARIO DUE TO FRANCO DÍAZ'S CONFESSION
The Newell's player said he was a Central fan and then had to apologize.
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— TyC Sports (@TyCSports) March 21, 2024
Despite his word,
coach Mauricio Larriera decided that the player would not be part of the squad list for Newell's victory against Midland
, for
the Argentine Cup
, to avoid any inconvenience.
After the match, the coach tried to defend his team and calm the unrest of the fans.
"We try to lower the ball to the ground and let the hours pass to see how this problem is resolved,
I invite the fan not to be so radical, they are unfortunate phrases that he makes in a context that we do not know
," he declared.
However, Díaz's time as a Newell's player already has an expiration date.
According to what was revealed this Monday, after a meeting,
From the Board of Directors
they informed the player that he is licensed
.
Everything would indicate that
his loan would be terminated at the end of the semester and he would return to Vélez
, the club that owns his record.
Clarification Franco Diaz.... pic.twitter.com/OGeWGy1uTK
— 🅵🅰🅱🆁🅸 (@FabriLepras) March 20, 2024
Díaz arrived at Newell's as a new reinforcement for this season, on loan for all of 2024. He had just shown a high level in Platense, runner-up in the last League Cup.
Given the news of his leave and several threats received in the last few hours,
Díaz decided to leave Rosario and return to Buenos Aires
to accompany his wife during the last months of her pregnancy.
He will also have to pay a high financial fine
as punishment for what happened.
Although everything indicates his return to Vélez for the next semester, Franco Díaz will have the possibility of negotiating his future as a free player because his contract with Fortín expires at the end of 2024.