No late signings: Colón left the market after another Lezcano blow | OneFootball

The search for signings at Colón revealed the coaching staff’s and the board’s priorities before the deadline. The absolute top priority to strengthen the squad was Tomás González, but the deal fell through because the player preferred to stay and compete in the top division of Argentine football.

After that rejection, Iván Delfino and Diego Colotto turned all their attention to their main alternative: Jonás Acevedo. The Santa Fe club reached a full agreement both with Instituto de Córdoba and with the player himself, but the move collapsed at the last minute when his representative, Pascual Lezcano, decided to pull out of the negotiations.

This intermediary’s name is not just any other in the red-and-black world, as he carries a highly controversial history with the club. Lezcano is the same agent of Lucas Viatri, the striker whose time at the club ended in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that cost Colón a fortune for just a few minutes on the pitch. In addition, under the previous administration of José Vignatti, he was left involved in the middle of a controversial agreement that financially benefited him with a percentage and exclusivity in a future sale of Facundo Garcés, even though the businessman had no relationship or contractual link whatsoever with the defender from Santa Fe.

After the collapse of the two main options due to the controversial agent’s refusal, the board chose to walk away for good. The rest of the names that circulated were secondary alternatives that did not convince the coaching staff, a stance the coach himself publicly backed after the latest defeat against Racing de Córdoba by stating that there was no need to

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