Total uncertainty: due to bans, Unión may start without signings | OneFootball

What had looked like a relief for Unión turned into a real nightmare just hours before the start of the tournament. This Friday, El Tatengue will begin its Professional Football League Clausura Tournament campaign when it visits Platense at the Ciudad de Vicente López Stadium starting at 7:00 p.m. However, head coach Leonardo Madelón is facing a last-minute complication that puts the starting lineup at risk.

The Santa Fe club’s management had been working optimistically after settling the debt involving José Angulo and was focused on resolving the situation with Juventud de Las Piedras over the transfer of Maizón Rodríguez. However, that calm completely collapsed yesterday afternoon, when official FIFA records revealed a new sanction against the club, tied to a failure to make payments for Paraguayan defender Fernando Díaz to Sol de América.

With this new legal setback, the institutional deadlines have tightened dramatically. The club is now racing against the clock to make the pending payments and ensure that the lifting of the sanctions is reflected in the international transfer system in time to register the new signings.

This administrative uncertainty hits the coach’s football planning head-on. During training this week, Leonardo Madelón had tested a starting lineup featuring Ignacio Malcorra, Eric Ramírez, Mauro Luna Diale, and Joaquín Mosqueira. If the issue is not resolved off the pitch before the opening whistle, the coaching staff will be forced to shake things up and rebuild the lineup with players who were not part of the original plan for the debut against El Calamar.

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