San Lorenzo hit with new sanctions, now second most penalised club | OneFootball

San Lorenzo is undergoing a new institutional blow after receiving six new sanctions from FIFA, notified on October 24, which brought the total number of bans to eleven and made it the second club on the continent with the most penalties.

All the measures imposed on El Ciclón are indefinite and add to others that were already weighing on the Boedo institution. In South America, only San José of Bolivia has accumulated more sanctions from the organization that regulates world football.

The bans were issued due to Rafa Pérez, a player who was with the club in 2023, and a percentage of the solidarity mechanism from the transfer of Diego Herazo, who arrived from Deportes Tolima in February 2024. Beyond the bad news, the debt is estimated to be around 350 thousand dollars, which adds to the other financial obligations the club has.

Despite the amount, what is causing so much concern is that the news comes amid a chaotic institutional moment at San Lorenzo, which worsened after the release of a hidden camera video showing Marcelo Moretti allegedly receiving a bribe to sign a youth player, and deepened after the courts reinstated him as president following a leave of absence.

After that, the official made a getaway in a police car from the club’s headquarters in the face of a fan protest, while the club faces a bankruptcy request from the Swiss fund—which expired last week—and to which it responded by arguing that the sanction cannot be enforced, instead proposing a payment plan. All this is happening on the eve of a new Board of Directors meeting, in which a leadership vacuum could be declared.

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