América have not signed South American players for five years | OneFootball

Historically, Club América has been a team characterized by bringing in many reinforcements from South America.

There are countless players who have arrived from the Southern Cone of the continent, and even South American media outlets have mentioned on several occasions that the 'powerful' América was looking for a player from their leagues.

But it was in 2020 that this changed completely, the eagles in previous transfer markets, brought in three players from South America: Sebastián Cáceres from Liverpool (Uruguay), Richard Sánchez from Olimpia (Paraguay) and Federico Viñas, from Juventus (Uruguay).

From that year on, the club has not brought in any player from South America; they have brought in South American players, but all have arrived from Europe, Liga MX or MLS.

Why don't they sign players from the Southern Cone anymore?

There is no official explanation from anyone, neither the board, nor Conmebol, nor any club in South America, but there are several versions that are handled in different media outlets.

One of the versions indicates that this is due to the lawsuit filed by Club América against Independiente from Argentina for non-payment of Cecilio Domínguez; the South American Football Confederation was upset by the way it was done and decided that no club affiliated with them would negotiate with the eagles.

The other version directly points to a group of promoters who manage most of the players in South America; they take commissions for the transfers of their players, something that Club América skipped at the time, since the board decided to negotiate directly with the clubs and players to avoid paying those 'commissions' charged by the promoters.

This led to them agreeing not to negotiate with the eagles again, something that has been fulfilled to this day.

Whatever the problem, it is a fact that there is some kind of veto, because it is not normal for not a single player to have arrived from South America.

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