Rodrigo De Paul doubts Racing return: “I won’t be held to my words” | OneFootball

The midfielder who won the World Cup in Qatar 2022 is under contract with Inter Miami until December 31, 2029.

Racing fans never stop dreaming about the return of Rodrigo De Paul and Lautaro Martínez, the club’s great prodigal sons who came through the Tita Mattiussi training ground and went on to build outstanding careers abroad. Although Motorcito already came back a decade ago, the club’s leadership keeps urging him to return for good.

It’s not easy at all. The 31-year-old midfielder is settled in the United States, where he plays for Inter Miami alongside Lionel Messi, and although journalist Tomás Dávila said he would return once La Pulga hangs up his boots, the former Atlético de Madrid player himself denied it.

“I’d love to return to Racing, but I’m not someone who sits on the fence. I have to understand my role, and one extra word can create confusion. I don’t want to become a prisoner of my own words,” he said at first in a recent interview with journalist Joaquín Álvarez. After stating that Diego Milito and Sebastián Saja “call him often to come back,” he made his position very clear.

“I always put Racing above everything else. The day I wanted to come back to play the Copa Libertadores at 20 while I was at Valencia, I did it. I’d love to return, but I don’t have a date and I don’t know if it will happen because I can’t predict the future,” he stressed.

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How much does De Paul earn at Inter Miami?

Returning to Racing would necessarily mean Rodrigo De Paul giving up money compared to what he is contractually guaranteed to earn through the end of his deal with Inter Miami in December 2029. According to reports, the Argentina national team midfielder is the third-highest-paid player in MLS, with an annual salary of more than $9.6 million.

De Paul and his love for Racing

“Racing will always have a very special place in my heart. I was at the club from the time I was eight years old, I spent 10 years there, and I went to school there. It was a long time and they taught me so much. That first door matters, it’s a key stage. It was a school for me and I adore it. I stay up late watching the matches and I try to follow the club closely,” the midfielder said on one occasion in an interview with Rumis.

He also did not rule out the possibility of returning in the future: “I still have a path to follow, but surely, the day I decide to change direction, Racing will be an option for me and it will have priority”

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