The Football Player's Union allowed Boca Juniors, with the arrival of the Uruguayan defender, to add a seventh foreigner, considering that Fabra does not count because he will not play due to injury.
"Boca can replace a player injured with a foreigner, why not? I do not see why they can't replace Fabra who has an injury that will take him four months to recover from."
"The quota is released because there is no provision of services, the player can not lend services Fabra contract is not suspended, the provision of services is suspended," Sergio Marchi, head of Footballers Association, told a press conference.
This decision upset the managers of several clubs, including River Plate and Racing Club. The president of the 'Millo', Rodolfo D'Onofrio, took the opportunity to attack his enemy saying: "It is unusual that we speak of a seventh quota for foreigners."
"If you want one more, that is the same for all the clubs, let's make a change now and let everyone have one more quota, but let's not break the spirit of the regulation", he asked, showing a favorable treatment towards Boca.
His words were answered in the ever present Juan Carlos Crespi in these disputes , former president 'Xeneize': "Why do they protest so much? They were angry because Olaza finally came to Boca and not River."
"This is simple: to buy you have to have money, for free there is nothing, and Boca not only has a young and salable squad but also has good economic management, they do not have any of that, look at the ages of their players.
"The only thing they have to sell is Pity (Martinez) and it is not community-based, which is why they are nervous," he countered.