Is Qatar the key to resolving the row between Dómina and Unión?

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·25 August 2025

Is Qatar the key to resolving the row between Dómina and Unión?

From Qatari football, an offer for Jerónimo Dómina would arrive. Would the conflict between Unión and the striker be unlocked?

The name of Jerónimo Dómina is back on the agenda at Unión. The 19-year-old striker, one of the most important promises to emerge from the Tatengue youth academy, would be in the sights of Qatari football, from where a formal proposal could arrive in the next few hours that would change the course of his career.

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The Qatari interest, as reported on Radio Sol Play (FM 91.5), appears amidst a convulsed climate between the player and the Unión leadership, marked by a distancing that has already left him out of the professional squad.

An ongoing conflict

Dómina's situation became tense weeks ago, when President Luis Spahn stated in an interview with La Red AM 910: "Dómina has been at the club for 10 years, we formed him from a young age. He swore he wouldn't leave for free. And today, at 19, he's pretending to be offended to gain his freedom."

The player's response didn't take long to arrive. Through his social media, he assured: "Everything that's being said is false. My decision not to renew has its roots in Spahn's constant evasions and unfulfilled promises."

This back-and-forth publicly exposed a conflict that seemed irreversible, and which could now find an unexpected outcome with the chance of an international transfer.

Possible paths

So far, three scenarios have been on the table to resolve his situation:

Leaving with his transfer in his possession: the closest alternative in the short term, allowing him to become a free agent and negotiate directly with another club.
Loan to Elche in Spain: an intermediate path that Unión was analyzing as a "salomonic" solution, giving the player minutes in Europe and ensuring a minimum income. However, this alternative has been losing strength.
Reintegration into the professional squad: the most distant option, due to the evident breakdown between the parties.

The possible offer from Qatar, however, reorders the map of negotiations and could become an immediate exit that would also leave an economic benefit for Unión.

What's next

The decision about Dómina's future will not only mark the destiny of a young player with a promising career but will also be a signal of how Unión manages sensitive cases within its squad.

Between betting on youth, economic necessity, and internal discipline, Unión will have to resolve an issue that currently divides opinions within the club and could have a definition in the next few hours 🤔

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.