Unión await Nardoni payment, several issues still to sort | OneFootball

While Unión still hasn’t received from Racing what it is owed for Juan Nardoni, the club’s board rejected an offer for Maizon Rodríguez, whom it still has not finished paying for

In recent days, defender Maizon Rodríguez has become one of the hottest names in Unión’s transfer market after concrete interest from Botafogo, which submitted a formal offer to buy him, although it was dismissed for being insufficient.

The figure, unofficially, would be close to 3,000,000 dollars. A significant amount in any context, but low for the Tatengue’s expectations. The reason? The math behind the deal. The club owns 50% of the economic rights and still has outstanding commitments to Juventud de Las Piedras for the purchase. Consequently, the money that would come in would be considerably less than the overall value of the transfer.

Unión, backed into a corner by some debts

That is why the board understood that letting go of one of the squad’s highest-potential prospects for that amount was not convenient. However, the scenario is not so simple. From the player’s side, the possibility of moving to Brazilian football is viewed very favorably. The chance to take a sporting and financial step up creates expectations and adds an extra ingredient to the negotiations. Therefore, although the first response was negative, the door was not closed.

At Unión they are hoping Botafogo comes back with an improved offer that allows the situation to be reconsidered. But in any case, since they still have not finished paying for him, everything becomes more complicated. It is worth remembering that the club is still under a transfer ban because of Ecuadorian José Angulo.

Meanwhile, the red-and-white board must deal with another problem that affects any move: delicate financial engineering. The fact that Racing has not sent anything for Juan Nardoni has become the big problem, because it means not all commitments can be met.

That is why the Rodríguez case is caught between two needs. On the one hand, the sporting one, because Unión believes he can still develop further and increase his market value. On the other, the financial one, because a major sale would help ease several open fronts. Tatengue is also behind on payments for the option on Diego Díaz with Sportivo Las Parejas, so the situation is very complicated at a sensitive time for beginning to plan the building of the new squad.

At this point, Unión needs Racing Strasbourg to finally bring the money and Mateo Del Blanco to trigger his release clause to find relief in the club’s coffers. Or for Belgrano to finalize the Thiago Cardozo deal, which has been a long negotiation, because there are also debts involving Agustín Colazo. A key week is coming on the financial side.

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