Banfield row with Auzmendi: Lanús out, San Lorenzo wait, agent fuming | OneFootball

As the transfer market closes, Argentine football continues with a new saga featuring Rodrigo Auzmendi and four clubs: Banfield, who owns his rights, Querétaro, San Lorenzo, and Lanús. The forward, who had been sought after by Boca and Rosario Central, is very close to leaving in the midst of a triangulation: he would be sold to the Mexican team and, since they have no available slots, loaned to another club. When everything seemed to indicate he would go to Granate, Taladro didn't want it, leading to a clash between president Matías Mariotto and agent Adrián Palma.

"Today we were supposed to have the medical check-up in Lanús, but for now he's returning to Banfield," the player's agent began in a conversation with TyC Sports. "In their need to settle a debt, they called me to offer him to Querétaro, which has no slots, and they told me that if we found a club, they would accept. I offered him to Racing and San Lorenzo; the latter said yes, but Querétaro told me to pay attention to Lanús. San Lorenzo changed the conditions because Banfield doesn't want to sell him to Querétaro for him to go to Lanús," he added.

On the other hand, he revealed that "the Boca interest was real," explaining that there was an offer for what Banfield wanted, but "they called Boca, asked for more, and Boca didn't offer more." Then Rosario Central appeared, but "we couldn't agree" on the player's salary. "Banfield is within its rights not to sell him to Querétaro so he doesn't go to Lanús. We're bothered by the handling of rejecting Boca's offer, pushing for him to go to Rosario Central, and now this. Banfield was the one who approached Querétaro, they got us into this mess, and then they don't accept," he concluded.

What the president of Banfield said about Auzmendi's situation

Matías Mariotto, president of Banfield, spoke later with TyC Sports and gave his version of the situation with Rodrigo Auzmendi. "It has been difficult for us to reach an agreement with another club, only with Rosario Central. The Boca situation didn't become a formal offer. Now we are dealing with Querétaro, San Lorenzo, and Lanús," he began.

As he explained, Taladro has a payment commitment to Querétaro for the purchase option of Martín Río and assured that "it benefits us to keep the money owed to us by Talleres and have Auzmendi included in the negotiation between the clubs." Due to Querétaro's inability to add a foreign slot, they would loan him to another club, and that's where San Lorenzo and Lanús came in.

"We don't think it's ethical for him to go to Lanús, and we want him to go to San Lorenzo. The player preferred to go to San Lorenzo but later expressed the opposite," Mariotto stated. "We reached an agreement with Querétaro, San Lorenzo, and Banfield; everything is agreed upon, including the player's salary, but I understand there's a missing commission for the agent," he added later. For now, the player has been called to the Selective. "Since this is the third time the player has filed a complaint with the club through Agremiados, we decided that if he isn't transferred, the relationship is strained, and he will train with the Reserve," he concluded.

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