Costly inconsistencies: Unión lodged complaint against Racing

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·16 April 2026

Costly inconsistencies: Unión lodged complaint against Racing

Unión made the decision to formally file a complaint with the AFA National Dispute Resolution Chamber against Racing. The Santa Fe club’s leadership, headed by Luis Spahn, is demanding a documented accounting after detecting major irregularities in the transfers of Adrián “Rocky” Balboa and Juan Ignacio Nardoni, players of whom the club from Avenida owns 20% and 30% of the economic rights, respectively.

The Balboa case raised alarm bells due to the lack of transparency in the amounts involved. Racing reported a permanent transfer for 1,000,000 dollars, but refused to send a copy of the contract, citing supposed “confidentiality.” Unión representatives traveled to Avellaneda to review the documentation and found serious inconsistencies:

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Juan Ignacio Nardoni’s situation is described as “much more serious” than Balboa’s, since Unión has not received any payment so far. Racing acknowledged the debt but did not send any funds, while the original contract does not authorize the Academy to make installment payment agreements. In addition, there are million-dollar contradictions in the reported amounts:

Informal amounts: National media reported that the overall deal was for 10 million dollars (8M fixed + 2M in bonuses).
Reported amounts: Racing told Unión the deal was for 8 million dollars (6M in installments + 2M in bonuses), of which it had allegedly already collected the first 2-million-dollar installment.
The suspicion: People around Unión believe Racing may have already collected 4 million dollars, not the 2 million reported club-to-club, suspecting that 2 million dollars are being “hidden” from the taxable base of Unión’s percentage.

Unión’s leadership is considering taking federation, civil, and even criminal action against Racing. Although they are exhausting all chances for an amicable solution, their patience ran out after repeated formal notices and a “physical flight” to Buenos Aires that did not clear up the doubts.

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