Overview
- River Plate president Stefano Di Carlo and Estudiantes president Juan Sebastián Verón met at the Monumental on Tuesday and announced a permanent working table to develop joint proposals for Argentine football.
- Both clubs said the table will draft documents and proposals on institutional, sporting, economic and organizational matters, and that the work will continue over time.
- The communiqué stressed a commitment to the associations-civil non-profit model and highlighted the need to generate new and larger revenues to strengthen clubs’ finances and youth programs.
- Media and analysts read the meeting and its photos as a political signal against AFA president Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia, but the clubs did not announce an electoral front, no other clubs formally joined, and the AFA has not publicly replied.
- The pact builds on months of clashes over competition formats, arbitration and commercial rights, and the next signs to watch are the working table’s concrete proposals, responses from other clubs, and whether a broader coalition forms to contest AFA governance.