San Lorenzo strike continues: players refuse to train over wages | OneFootball

Just like on Monday, this Tuesday the football players are extending their strike because the corresponding funds have not been credited.

The San Lorenzo squad did not train this Tuesday, for the second day in a row, because the players still have not received the money owed to them by the club, which corresponds to the bonuses for qualifying for the upcoming Copa Sudamericana.

Amid the chaotic institutional moment the club is going through, with Marcelo Moretti’s future as president hanging by a thread, now the players have raised their voices after being eliminated from the Clausura following a 2-1 defeat to Central Córdoba in the round of 16.

The president had promised them that he would settle the debt before the start of the holidays, but that still hasn’t happened, which is why they have not trained on either of the two days this week. Furthermore, given the economic crisis, it is also unclear when the bonuses will be paid.

Since the team led by Damián Ayude won’t compete again until 2026, the plan was to train until December 5 and then go on break until the 27th, but with only three days left until Friday and no resolution in sight, the conflict could change these plans.

On the political front, in recent days Ciclón executives have held meetings with AFA president Claudio Tapia, and managed to make progress on an agreement to form a transitional committee to replace the current administration, which is now completely worn out.

The AFA has already approved the new structure, whose key figure is Sergio Constantino —an opposition board member and candidate who finished third in the last elections— accompanied by Cristian Evangelista, also an opposition member and part of the current board. The arrangement completely excludes the key figures from the current administration, marking the deepest political rupture in Boedo in recent years.

Chiqui will call a Board of Directors meeting at which mass resignations are expected, a step prior to declaring a leadership vacuum and formally enabling the transitional committee, which will manage the club for a period set by the AFA itself. The main objective will be to halt the economic decline —including a bankruptcy request— and restore order before charting an electoral path.

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