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Facundo Campazzo is a reinforcement of the Red Star of Serbia – Basketball – Sports

The Argentine Facundo Campazzo today officially became a member of the Red Star of Serbia, entity with which he will participate in the current season of the Euroleague basketball.

The Belgrade institution, which competes in the Adriatic League, offered the 31-year-old point guard from Córdoba a contract worth 1.8 million euros net for the remainder of this season and an amount of 2.5 million for the next campaign.

Campazzo became a free agent last November, when the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks decided to cut the player, after having participated -barely- in 10 games this season.

However, the former Peñarol de Mar del Plata player has “a termination clause next summer (June 2023) for only 50,000 euros,” according to the site. Brand.

Real Madrid, the club in which Campazzo remained until mid-2020, had the option called ‘right of first refusal’ which consisted of matching the offer made by the Serbian entity and keeping the player.

However, the ‘merengue’ institution preferred not to make any movement and Campazzo put his bags on their way to Serbia.

The truth is that, despite what has been pointed out, Real Madrid still has a receivable from Campazzo or from those who manage it (the Octagon agency) for an amount close to 2.6 million euros due to the aforementioned termination clause. that was paid 2 years ago so that the Cordovan signed in the Denver Nuggets.

The base of the Argentine national team arrived in the capital Belgrade on Saturday night and from today he is training with the team led by DT Dusko Ivanovic. He will have fellow Argentine Luca Vildoza, who arrived a few months ago from the Milwaukee Bucks.

Red Star will seek to correct some small economic irregularities that he maintains to register the basketball player in the Euroleague and allow him his debut in the maximum continental competition this Thursday in the duel against Olympiacos, in Athens.

But if it is not possible to agree on these issues of roles, Campazzo’s debut in the Serbian entity would take place on Friday the 30th in the clash against Barcelona, ​​scheduled at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Belgrade.

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