Spahn: AFA pushing SADs that clubs don’t want | OneFootball

The president of Unión, Luis Spahn, provided details in a conversation with LT10 about the recent AFA Executive Committee meeting, where it was decided to cease activities for the first week of March in support of Claudio Tapia. The Unión leader confirmed the almost perfect attendance at the summit: “30 teams were summoned to the committee. Only Estudiantes was absent”, he specified, clarifying that it was “Chiqui” himself who informed about the fiscal accusations against him.

For Spahn, there is a coordinated maneuver to undermine the current management: “They started by suggesting that there are media orchestrating a defamation against AFA. I could see it personally. They are being accused (Tapia and Toviggino) of tax evasion by ARCA, and when you look into it, you see the debt is zero pesos. It even has the best possible rating.”

The red-and-white leader linked these pressures to the attempt to introduce Sports Corporations: “We understand that what is being done is somewhat malicious. From the top of AFA, they say there is a political persecution, a deterioration of the images of the main leaders, and a discrediting attempt to introduce the SAD, something that Argentine teams do not want. That’s why there is this war of disqualification.”

Spahn questioned the contradictions in the circulating information: “If ARCA says there is no debt, why is this happening? Why is it announced that the president or the treasurer cannot leave the country and then they resolve that they can? There are many ‘whys’ without explanation from the government. There is a media persecution. Let’s be honest, there are two channels that daily dedicate segments to it. It’s malicious.”

When asked about the fans’ perspective, the leader separated the institutional from the personal: “I think it’s great that Unión fans have doubts, but I am not a judge of Toviggino and Tapia. We are talking about AFA. If they have to explain something unrelated to the institution, it will be the Justice that decides. I am not qualified to talk about personal matters, but I can explain the data given to us yesterday.”

Spahn also defended the plurality of voices on Viamonte Street, although he recalled that his proposals did not always resonate: “I brought eight pages with a project for AFA with the regional teams and I am still convinced it would be an ideal model. It didn’t have the consensus to be discussed. Everything was very nice, and that’s where it stayed. There is no place where free expression doesn’t exist. We have to understand our role in AFA, which is to defend Unión’s interests.”

Finally, the president was adamant about the State’s role in this conflict: “AFA is suffering a democratic attack by the government without the proper grounds. We are all subject to the law, as long as there is something clear. I don’t think it’s correct to label AFA as a tax evader if ARCA itself says there are no debts.” Regarding the internal criticism from members, he concluded: “If the members do not agree with the decisions we make, they will have the chance in the next elections to vote against us to opt for another leadership. In this case, we went to AFA to defend Unión.”

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