Sportivo chief on Unión delays: “It hits our finances hard”, ADN Gol

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·27 May 2026

Sportivo chief on Unión delays: “It hits our finances hard”, ADN Gol

In an exclusive live interview on ADN Gol with Darío Pignatta, Nicolás Scarpeccio said that Unión was only able to pay part of the financial agreement: “Unión was only able to pay one and a half installments. The agreement was for six installments, and there is a significant delay that complicates our finances quite a bit,” the president explained.

He also shared details of the visit by the Argentina national team coach and highlighted the impact it had on the institution. Scaloni visited a field where tests were being carried out with agricultural machinery and spent some time with workers and club fans. According to Scarpeccio, the coach even stepped into the dirt to observe how a seeder was operating.

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Key quotes from the president:

“Sportivo was featured everywhere in the world”
“Scaloni had no problem stepping into the dirt to see how the seeder was working”
“Today, club directors have to be creative and go back to holding chicken dinners to raise funds”
“No club is in a position to be throwing money around”
“Las Parejas has fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, and it’s extremely difficult to sustain this structure”
“Unión was only able to pay one and a half installments”
“The delay complicates our finances quite a bit”
“The last thing we want is to end up in court with Unión”
“I’d rather sit down for a coffee than send a legal notice”
“There are issues that became complicated for Unión, and we were caught in the middle”
“We knew it was going to be hard for Diego Díaz to play in this first year”
“It’s good for him to go out and get minutes”
“Diego Armando Díaz is a rough diamond”
“If he doesn’t play, it will be difficult to evaluate him”
“Being a club director in Argentina these days is incredibly difficult”
“Football is our passion, and we’re going to give it everything until the very last day”