Boca Juniors vow to ‘fight’ Barcelona after whizkid Santiago Ramos Mingo joined LaLiga giants for nothing
BOCA JUNIORS have confirmed their intention to "fight" the free transfer of teenage star Santiago Ramos Mingo to Barcelona.
The Catalans have already announced the capture of the 18-year-old on a three-year contract with a £50million release clause.
But his former club Boca are furious with the training compensation they have received via Fifa guidelines.
Having signed the centre-back as a 14-year-old, the Argentine club were yet to hand him a senior debut and are due less than £250,000, according to Olé.
Barcelona can claim that Ramos Mingo did not have a professional contract with Boca and was therefore free to move clubs, having recently surpassed the legal age threshold for such a move across the Atlantic.
But Jorge Ameal, president of Buenos Aires team, has vowed to strive for more.
He told La Oral Deportiva: "I can't believe how anyone said that he could go to Barcelona.
"We don't receive a peso, but we are going to fight it."
It is reported that the player's transfer will not be reversed and that Boca are focusing their efforts on a sell-on clause being tagged onto Ramos Mingo's exit or further training compensation.
That is because they say the teenager was registered with the team and received a salary, medical costs and accommodation - adding up to outweigh their remuneration.
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Amal spoke last month to express his outrage at the highly-rated youngster becoming out of contract in the first place.
He told Radio La Red: "Someone didn't give him a contract; when the players are different, they are different.
"As soon as [his exit] happens, we are going to set up a committee and we are going to sanction those who had a hand in this. Because the boy had to have a contract.
"Legally we are in a position to state that the player is ours, in line with FIFA regulations, and our lawyers are working on this."
