Unpaid wages at San Lorenzo: Cuello and Romaña take action against the club | OneFootball

Defender Jhohan Romaña and forward Alexis Cuello recently filed legal action against San Lorenzo in civil court over unpaid wages, and there is widespread discontent within the squad because they have gone three months without being paid, amid the institutional chaos the club is going through with Marcelo Moretti exercising his role as president despite massive opposition from the members.

More players could join them, such as goalkeeper Orlando Gill, who is represented by the same agency as the two footballers, midfielder Nicolás Tripicchio, and forward Pocho Cerutti.

This issue is yet another in a dramatic week for the institution: on Monday the president reappeared at the club’s headquarters and had to flee in a police car due to a members’ protest, while on Tuesday the club was notified by the courts that it had only five days to pay the $4.7 million debt to the Swiss fund AIS Investment Fund.

After the courts ruled in favor of Moretti and allowed his reinstatement, he was given 15 days to call a new Assembly. The other directors are waiting to ratify their resignations and declare a power vacuum, but in the meantime it is unclear how the club’s situation will proceed.

Except for some youngsters, most of the squad has not been paid since July and the players don’t know whom to talk to because only sporting director Carlos Sánchez is present, which is why they have begun filing claims in court, and work stoppages are not ruled out. Cuello, for example, is owed 15% and money related to last year’s performance bonuses.

Moretti emphasized to them that they will be paid today, and this very 17th is the deadline to pay what is owed to those who have already gone to court. All this comes ahead of Monday’s match in which San Lorenzo will visit Atlético Tucumán at 9:15 p.m. for Matchday 13 of the Clausura. An image that reflects the institutional situation…

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