Vargas had his departure from Espanyol to Flamengo closed

The market is advancing, most of the scheduled friendlies have followed one another, which obviously accentuate the strengths and shortcomings of the squad, but the club lacks a wrench. Exhausted the one that allowed the signing of Sergi Gómez, from Sevilla, Espanyol opens the doors wide to one of the great candidates to leave to lighten the wage bill and face new hires. On that door there is no other name inscribed than that of Matías Vargas.

With the matter in the process of being solved as soon as possible, the blockade so far in the situation of the 'Monito' was not something that came from this summer. Neither of recent assignment offers from abroad that the Argentine international has declined, nor of clubs retiring voluntarily from the bid without having even entered it, just by asking –And get response– on the scope of his file, like Leganés. The paralysis comes from afar.

Specifically from the winter market, when as this newspaper has been able to confirm Vargas had it all done to go on loan to Flamengo. It was in January, the agreement between clubs was total, had the approval of all parties, but the Argentine international backed down at the last moment and preferred to stay, with the challenge of convincing Vicente Moreno to get more minutes.

Interestingly, the popular Brazilian club had also been one of the many interested in Vargas when he was still active in Vélez Sarsfield and he aimed a huge projection, but the 'Monito' opted then to make the leap to Europe and, specifically, he opted for a Espanyol that did not present the greatest economic offer but the best conditions – he believed at that time, July 2019 – to settle in the first level football.

It is that persistence of Flamengo in his figure that can give foot to think about a new attempt now that Espanyol has urges to give it a go to unblock his salary situation in the transfer market, despite the fact that Rio have recently changed managers, with Renato Gaúcho replacing the dismissed Rogerio Ceni a few weeks ago. Despite having gone through a streak of poor results, they continue to play the league championship and the Brazilian Cup, as well as the Libertadores.

In either case, it seems practically It is impossible for Vargas to leave Espanyol now through a transfer and only one assignment is contemplated – except for capital surprise. And not only because of its high emoluments, but also because of its pending amortization.

Above all, they will not let you go on property because from the perico club there is still hope in a very talented footballer that for some strange reason he does not exhibit in matches what he is capable of doing in training, and that he is one of the locker room facilitators despite his almost non-existent weight in the game, although during his stay in Marbella he was enjoying minutes in the second parts.

Espanyol disbursed 10.5 million euros for him just two years ago -which made him, until the arrival of Raúl Tomás, the highest signing in history perica-, and they remain three years of contract, hence the amount pending amortization exceeds six million. A backpack that, if released in part, would give the club that key it needs to face the signings that are to come.