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.

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."

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