Colón stand firm, legal notice to Platense over Leonel Picco

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·25 June 2026

Colón stand firm, legal notice to Platense over Leonel Picco

Patience has run out in Barrio Centenario. Colón’s board decided to harden its stance and sent a formal notice to Platense due to the persistent failure to make the payments corresponding to the transfer of midfielder Leonel Picco. The measure was taken after numerous attempts and informal contacts between the clubs’ leadership failed to resolve the situation.

The two focal points of the financial claim

The financial dispute that has Colón’s coffers on alert is divided into two key items, which together represent a figure close to 700 thousand dollars:

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Outstanding installments from the initial purchase: From Santa Fe, they claim that the “Calamar” owes a percentage of the original transfer fee for the midfielder. Although Platense did make some minor and partial payments at the time, these were described as “ridiculous” and created a serious mismatch in the club’s financial planning.
Percentage from the sale to Brazil: The bulk of the money being claimed is tied to Picco’s subsequent sale to Remo FC of Brazil. Since Colón retained part of the player’s economic rights, it is entitled to a significant sum from that transaction, from which not a single cent has yet been received.

Vital money for the Sabalero

This lack of payment is no minor detail for Colón’s current reality. The arrival of these funds had been contemplated by the previous administration as a strategic and essential resource to balance the institution’s accounts and meet the payment of salaries for the professional squad.

Given the lack of concrete answers and the passage of time without any change in the scenario, the current leadership decided to resort to legal channels to speed up collection. Now, Colón is awaiting a formal response from Vicente López in order to settle the debt and prevent this claim from escalating to larger judicial or institutional instances.

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