Vietto bids farewell to Racing, calls Costas his polar opposite | OneFootball

The forward Luciano Vietto said goodbye to Racing after not renewing his contract and stated that he and the coach of the Avellaneda team, Gustavo Costas, are “polar opposites.”

After the tough penalty shootout defeat against Estudiantes de La Plata in the final of the Torneo Clausura, coach Costas and the management led by Diego Milito began to plan the team for the next season, which will start at the end of January.

In these plans, the forward was left out, so he did not renew his contract with Racing and, in light of this situation, Vietto pointed at Costas: “Gustavo and I are polar opposites in terms of football. It wasn’t easy for me and I think that’s why I played so little, but always with respect.”

“He’s a coach who has given a lot to Racing, but for me, because of my footballing style, he hasn’t helped me much to fit into his way of playing. I’m not blaming him, I’m just explaining how I felt as a player from a footballing perspective. I wish him all the best,” he added.

Additionally, Vietto said: “The idea was to continue. I came here with the intention of finishing my football career here. Unfortunately, it couldn’t happen. The way it happened was surprising. It’s the end of the year and I was informed of the decision all of a sudden. I was at the club I wanted to be at, which is my home, and it’s hard to process.”

Furthermore, the 32-year-old forward addressed the rumors of a supposed productivity-based contract offered by Racing’s management: “There was a bit of fear about coming back to the country. Once we made the decision, we embraced it wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, it couldn’t happen. We have to move forward. It upsets me because I found out recently. I had the hope and desire that the club would make an offer or something to continue.”

“The club has been saying that I didn’t accept a contract with a salary reduction or productivity clause, but the reality is that there was no offer. I will always be there for Racing, and now it will be as a fan,” he asserted.

Additionally, Vietto stated: “Maybe now, for the fans, it seems, since I’m not that old, that maybe I have some health or chronic problem. I want to clarify that this is not the case. I don’t have any chronic problem. It took a while to get authorization from Conmebol to get a nerve block, but since I had it done, if I didn’t play, it was a technical decision.”

“I understand what was being said because people comment from afar, they don’t know what you go through. It was tough to recover from that injury, but from the moment I recovered, for me it was a thing of the past and I was available,” he added, referring to an injury that troubled him during the year and a half of his second spell at Racing.

Finally, Vietto spoke about his future outside of the ‘Academia’: “Now I’m open to everything, I’m not closing any doors, but I’m still processing the news and it’s time to rest with my family. Decisions will be made when the transfer windows open. Obviously, I won’t play for Independiente, but my football career will go on for many more years, I’m not closing the door on anything. I don’t even feel like I’m out of Racing yet, I still consider myself a player of the club. I need a few weeks to process it.”.

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