The ‘Nardoni case’ and Racing debt: why Unión talks are a tinderbox | OneFootball

The postponement of the meeting between the top executives of Racing and Unión is not just a scheduling issue; it is a symptom of growing distrust. Next Wednesday, the directors will meet face to face again in Buenos Aires with a single item on the agenda: the debts and the lack of transparency in the sales of Adrián Balboa and Juan Nardoni.

For Unión, the situation is financially critical. The Santa Fe club owns percentages of the players’ rights that are vital to its annual budget. In Balboa’s transfer to Russian football, the income of just 32,000 dollars sounds insufficient for the expectations of the «Tate», which is eagerly awaiting the 100,000-dollar installment due in June but, above all, is demanding documentary clarity.

But the real administrative “fire” is in Nardoni’s transfer to Grêmio. While the player is already training and competing in Brazil, Unión is still waiting for its share of a pie worth millions. The Santa Fe leadership suspects that Racing has already received advance payments from the deal that were not shared proportionally. “There are no specifics, there are no clear figures and, above all, there are no deposits,” sources close to Unión have let be known.

This rescheduling of the meeting to Wednesday gives Racing little time to get its paperwork in order. In Santa Fe, patience has run out: the formal notice has already been sent, and the next step is legal action. Unión is not only seeking to collect what it is rightfully owed as a partner in these registrations, but also to put an end to the institutional mistreatment it has been denouncing for months. Next Wednesday will undoubtedly be the day of reckoning: either the money and the documentation appear, or the conflict will end up permanently breaking relations between the two clubs.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.