Banfield and Auzmendi at odds: Lanús out, San Lorenzo waiting, agent fuming | OneFootball

As the transfer market closes, Argentine football is embroiled in a new saga featuring Rodrigo Auzmendi and four clubs: Banfield, who owns his rights, Querétaro, San Lorenzo, and Lanús. The forward, who had been sought after by Boca and Rosario Central, is on the verge of moving in a triangulated deal: he would be sold to the Mexican team and, as they have no available spots, loaned to another club. When everything seemed to indicate he would go to Granate, Taladro objected, leading to a clash between president Matías Mariotto and agent Adrián Palma.

"Today we were supposed to have the medical check-up in Lanús, but for now he's returning to Banfield," the player's agent told TyC Sports. "They, needing to settle a debt, called me to offer him to Querétaro, who has no available spots and told me that if we found a club, they would agree. I offered him to Racing and San Lorenzo, the latter said yes, but Querétaro told me to pay attention to Lanús. San Lorenzo changed the terms because Banfield doesn't want to sell him to Querétaro for him to go to Lanús," he added.

On the other hand, he revealed that "the Boca interest was real," explaining that there was an offer for what Banfield wanted, but "they called Boca, asked for more, and Boca didn't offer more." Then Rosario Central appeared, but "we couldn't agree" on the player's salary. "Banfield is within its rights not to sell him to Querétaro so he doesn't go to Lanús. We're bothered by the back-and-forth of rejecting Boca's offer, pushing for him to go to Rosario Central, and now this. Banfield was the one who approached Querétaro, they got us into this mess and then don't accept it," he concluded.

What the president of Banfield said about Auzmendi's situation

Matías Mariotto, president of Banfield, later spoke with TyC Sports and gave his version of the situation with Rodrigo Auzmendi. "It has been difficult for us to reach an agreement with another club, only with Rosario Central. The Boca situation didn't become a formal offer. Now we're dealing with Querétaro, San Lorenzo, and Lanús," he began.

As he explained, Taladro has a payment commitment to Querétaro for the purchase option of Martín Río and assured that "it benefits us to keep the money owed to us by Talleres and for Auzmendi to be part of the negotiation between the clubs." Given Querétaro's inability to add a foreign spot, they would loan him to another club, with San Lorenzo and Lanús emerging as options.

"We don't find it ethical for him to go to Lanús, and we want him to go to San Lorenzo. The player preferred to go to San Lorenzo but later expressed the opposite," Mariotto stated. "We reached an agreement with Querétaro, San Lorenzo, and Banfield, everything is settled, including the player's salary, but I understand there's a commission missing for the agent," he added later. For now, the player has been called to the Selective. "Since it's the third time the player has notified the club through Agremiados, we've decided that if he's not transferred, the relationship is strained, and he'll train with the Reserves," he concluded.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.