Overview

• David Faitelson revealed full terms of Giorgos Giakoumakis’s Cruz Azul contract, disclosing a $2.4 million annual base salary plus variable bonuses through 2027.
• Víctor Velázquez confirmed the contract contained a strict confidentiality clause and has launched an internal investigation to trace its source.
• The club clarified that any legal action will target the person responsible for breaching confidentiality, not the journalist who published the document.
• Faitelson defended his reporting as a legitimate exercise of journalistic duty, denied any personal vendetta against Cruz Azul and warned he could release additional documents from a “maletín.”
• TUDN colleagues Marc Crosas and Damián Zamogilny publicly accused Faitelson of hypocrisy and double standards, intensifying tensions within the network.