Once the arrivals of Ezequiel Schelotto and Maximiliano Lovera have been agreed, Racing continues negotiating to have the services of Rodrigo Saracho as reinforcement. Although the club had made progress in the talks, in the last hours they cooled down: there is still an economic difference between what the Academy wants to pay and what the former man from Estudiantes de Caseros intends to charge. With the aim of trying to get closer in numbers, now a new contact is expected between the player’s representative and Víctor Blanco, the president.
After losing 1-0 against Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, for the semifinal of the Reduced of the First National, This 27-year-old goalkeeper was released from Estudiantes de Buenos Aires. Racing went out to look for another occupant in the arc after the departure of Matías Ibáñez six months before their bond expired. “The idea is to sign for two years and put a purchase option on the card,” they told Racing de Alma from the footballer’s environment who received the approval of Rubén Capria (soccer advisor) and Juan Antonio Pizzi . There was also the thumbs up of José Ramírez, the goalkeeping coach who followed him and evaluated him in the Promotion. Anyway, today the possibility of the one arriving is a question mark.
From Racing they assure that the intention is that Gastón Gómez, at least from the start, becomes the first substitute for Gabriel Arias because they see him very well. However, they need the arrival of another player in the position because Sergio Juárez and Alejo Juárez, the youth goalkeepers who have been working with the squad, only have a handful of minutes in the Reserve.
Some numbers from Saracho, whom Racing wants as reinforcement
Saracho made the inferiors in Olimpo, although he did not make his debut in the Bahía Blanca team. Students bet on him and hired him in 2017 to play the First Metropolitan B. He immediately won a place as a starter and in the 2018/19 season he was a fundamental piece to obtain promotion to the First National. His level was on the rise and the Academy aimed its antennas at him. He measures 1.93, has excellent reflexes and is a guarantee in the passing game. Approaching Racing.
