Done deal · 2026

Lautaro Díaz joins Racing on loan (option to buy, €1.9m)

Cruzeiro → Racing · Loan + option to buy (€1.9m) · Value €2m · Confirmed

Confirmed 21 Jul 2026

Lautaro Díaz, a forward, has joined Racing on loan from Cruzeiro, with an option to buy at €1.9m, confirmed 21 Jul 2026. The deal is now settled in Transfer Tracker's Done Deals record.

Who broke it: Cesar Luis Merlo, 21 Jun 2026, 29 days before completion.

How the deal happened

• Interest · 21 Jun 2026 · Cesar Luis Merlo
• Talks · 24 Jun 2026 · César Luis Merlo (TyC Sports / independent), German Garcia Grova, Felipe Silva
• Agreed · not reported
• Here we go · 2 Jul 2026 · German Garcia Grova, Cesar Luis Merlo
• Signed · 21 Jul 2026 · Cesar Luis Merlo, German Garcia Grova

More business at Racing and Cruzeiro

• Matías Viña: Flamengo → Cruzeiro · Loan + option to buy (€4.2m) · 11 Sept 2026
• João Costa: Al Ettifaq → Cruzeiro · Loan · 6 Aug 2026
• Luciano Rodríguez: NEOM SC → Cruzeiro · Loan + option to buy · 6 Aug 2026
• Lucas Monzón: Racing → Botafogo · €700k · 20 Jul 2026
• Gabriel Pec: LA Galaxy → Cruzeiro · €11m · 20 Jul 2026
• Matheus Cunha: Cruzeiro → Internacional · Loan · 17 Jul 2026
• Matías Kranevitter: Fatih → Racing · Free · 6 Jul 2026
• Gonzalo Reyna: Racing → Universidad de Chile · Loan + option to buy · 5 Jul 2026

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See the full completed-deal record and more business at both clubs. Open on transfertracker.ai