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Racing Separates Three First‑Team Players as Transfer Talks Stall

The club says the move is meant to force resolution of stalled payments and to open talks to secure midfield replacements for upcoming matches.

Overview

  • Racing's board ordered on Thursday that Santiago Sosa, Baltasar Rodríguez and Agustín García Basso train apart from the main squad and follow separate schedules until their transfer situations are resolved.
  • Santiago Sosa's proposed move to Vasco da Gama is stalled because the Brazilian club has not paid the agreed initial advance, reported as about $2 million, and Sosa refused to play against Tigre while waiting for the transfer to be finalized.
  • Baltasar Rodríguez refused to concentrate for a recent match to pressure a move, was fined by the club and reassigned to gym work and separate training as a disciplinary measure.
  • Agustín García Basso remains in a long-running dispute with the club after several failed attempts to leave for teams such as San Lorenzo and Newell's, and he was also separated from the first team.
  • Racing, led by Diego Milito, is weighing midfield reinforcements — names under consideration include Agustín Cardozo, Matías Galarza, Adrián Sánchez and Leonel Pérez — and the dispute creates short-term uncertainty about squad selection for the upcoming game at Argentinos.