It was one of the pillars of the great first semester of Independiente. It was one of the first names by which the leaders received an offer. The continuity of Álvaro Angulo is not assuredsince Pumas de la Unam made a tempting offer and wants to hire it in this pass market. Aware of the importance of the player for Julio Vaccari, the CD maintained Two meetings In the last hours to try to agree on his stay at least until the end of this season.
The Black Turbo Panther arrived at the beginning of this 2025 from Atlético Nacional de Colombia. He did it at the request of the coach and given the need to find variants in a position that there was no undisputed holder. Adrián Sporle began the opening tournament from the beginning, although the muscle injuries and good yields of Angulo, made him lose the position.
He played 23 games in red and converted four goalsincluding two screams in the classics against Racing in the Libertadores de América-Ricardo Enrique Bochini and Boca in La Bombonera to move on to the semifinal of the championship. He has a contract until December 2027, although the offer from Mexican football is too tempting at this time of his career. The managers contemplated the possibility of asking Ignacio Pussetto as part of the payment, but Vaccari doesn't want to lose Álvaro.
In his eagerness to retain him to comply with the request of July, the Popes held two meetings with the player's environment. One of the talks occurred on the Villa Domínico site and the other was in the independent concentration. What happened? He was offered a contractual improvementas happened recently with Kevin Lomónaco and with Felipe Loyola. They remained to continue chatting, taking into account that the Black Turbo panther is comfortable in Avellaneda and It has a preponderant role within the team.
The inconvenience is that red is Far from matching the numbers offered from Pumasso that to the offer of a salary increase, they added the promise to let it out in six months. It is that the DT knows that it will be very difficult to replace it in the prelude to a semester in which Independiente will have to play tournament, Argentine and South American Cup, with the claim to make a leap forward and fight well.
Waiting for Godoy
Independiente continues to move firmly in the passes market and is one step away from closing the arrival of its second reinforcement of the semester: Leonardo Godoy. This Monday will carry out the medical review prior to the signing of your contract.
The operation was closed at 1.9 million dollars for the entire pass, and Godoy will sign a bond for three and a half yearswhich will link it to the club until December 2028. The 29 -year -old defender arrives to reinforce a key position in the Vaccari scheme, who was decisive in the footballer's decision.
