Overview
- The AUF ultimatum requires Rampla Juniors to clear a $90,000 wage and staff debt by August 8 or face automatic relegation to Uruguay’s third division.
- Investor Foster Gillett, who assumed control of the Segunda División side in early 2025, has not transferred the funds amid reports that his recent surgery has stalled family approval.
- On the field, Rampla sits last in the Segunda División standings and next to last in the promedios table, heightening the club’s combined sporting and financial crisis.
- Sporting director Humberto Grondona has accused Gillett of misleading the club with promises of a championship-level squad and then withholding critical resources.
- Gillett’s woes at Rampla mirror his earlier failed investment bid at Argentina’s Estudiantes de La Plata, underscoring governance challenges in SAD-structured South American clubs.