"An eye for an eye? Money for money. Why did you bring up the buyout bomb in the Argentine soccer community?"Set aside 1975 billion for 33-year-old players to prevent talent leakage

Jul 18, 2025

'An eye for an eye? Money for money. Why did you bring up the buyout bomb in the Argentine soccer community?'Set aside 1975 billion for 33-year-old players to prevent talent leakage
TOPSHOT - Racing's forward #28 Santiago Solari (L) and forward #09 Adrian Martinez celebrate their second goal during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Argentina's Racing Club and Chile's Colo Colo at the Presidente Juan Domingo Peron (El Cilindro) stadium, in Avelaneda, Buenos Aires provision, Argentina, on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP)



'An eye for an eye? Money for money. Why did you bring up the buyout bomb in the Argentine soccer community?'Set aside 1975 billion for 33-year-old players to prevent talent leakage
Racing's forward #09 Adrian Martinez kicks the ball past Bucaramanga's defender #23 Carlos Romana during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Colombia's Atletico Bucaramanga and Argentina's Racing Club at the Americo Montanini stadium in Bucaramanga, Colombia, on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
'Do you want to take it out? Give me a big sum.'

Argentine soccer is bringing up a strategy of 'buy-out (contracted out now) bomb' to prevent the leakage of its talent.

Argentine media 'Mundodeportivo' reported on the 18th (Korea time) that the Lashing Club, chaired by Diego Milito from Argentina's soccer legend, has decided to significantly increase the buyouts of its players, which is a desperate measure to protect star players from the European league's money-spinning offensive.




Spain's prestigious Real Madrid recently hired 17-year-old Franco Mastantuono, who played for Argentina's River Plate. The official buyout occurred in the process was 45 million euros (about 69.7 billion won), and Real Madrid is said to be actually paying 60 million euros (about 97.1 billion won). This is the highest transfer fee in Argentine football history.

'An eye for an eye? Money for money. Why did you bring up the buyout bomb in the Argentine soccer community?'Set aside 1975 billion for 33-year-old players to prevent talent leakage
Racing's forward #09 Adrian Martinez (C) celebrates with teammates Uruguayan defender #15 Gaston Martirena (R) and forward #07 Maximiliano Salas after scoring during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Colombia's Atletico Bucaramanga and Argentina's Racing Club at The Americano Montanini Stadium in Bucaramanga, Colombia, on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
'An eye for an eye? Money for money. Why did you bring up the buyout bomb in the Argentine soccer community?'Set aside 1975 billion for 33-year-old players to prevent talent leakage
Racing's forward #09 Adrian Martinez and Colo-Colo's Uruguayan defender #04 Alan Saldivia fight for the ball during the Copa Libertadores group stage football match between Chile's Colo Colo and Argentina's Racing at the Monumental David Arellano stadium in Santiago, on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Rodrigo ARANGUA / AFP)
But this is just a preview. The Lashing Club recently extended its contract with Adrian Martinez until 2028, increasing its buyout to a whopping 122 million euros (about KRW 1975. In other words, it more than doubled the highest amount ever recorded by Mastantuono.

Considering Martinez's age of 33, it is an unusual purchase clause, but the club believes that it can no longer watch the situation of losing its stars due to the European league's money offensive.




The Argentine league has been troubled by the deepening outflow of good players to Europe. Such measures may also be necessary for Argentina's domestic league to maintain its strength, he said.

The 'Buyout Bomb' strategy is not just the Lashing Club. River Plate also reportedly won a 100 million euro buyout clause for three young players: Bautista Dadin, Lautaro Rivero, and Alexander Wojski.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.