River’s chances of incorporating Luciano Rodríguez :: Olé

With just under a month left until the start of pass market, River has clear cards to play to strengthen the team for the second half of the year, which will include the Professional League and, especially, the playoffs Libertadores Cup.

In this scenario, there are a couple of names that are no longer a mystery for which the CARP leadership will try to please Martin Demichelis to reinforce your squad: Germán Pezzella and Luciano Rodríguez. In the case of the defending world champion, all that remains is to wait for a decision that will come from the player himself, with a termination clause that fell from 50 to 4 million euros and? River could face without problems. In any case, the most complex negotiation that will require the most action from the CD itself is that of the Uruguayan striker.

“Luciano is ready to make the leap and River is one of the options. He is a great player from South America and is in the purchasing power to face a transfer”Mauricio Mansilla, representative of the 20-year-old Uruguayan striker, explained this Monday before a meeting he held with the Board of Directors of River in Montevideo.

“We had a fairly extensive talk, a nice talk. They are still interested in hiring Luciano. I see his arrival as closer now than at the beginning of the year. Besides, Luciano is interested, so am I, and Liverpool itself, which has already done business with Nico de la Cruz.so the best with River,” explained the agent, in the same sense, in statements with Espn this Tuesday.

River offered in the last market u$s 12,000,000 for 70% of the scorer’s record of the youth teams of the Uruguayan national team, an offer that José Luis Palma, president of Liverpool of Uruguay, rejected at the time. This time, with a promise of sale, LR’s destination is outside of Montevideo and River is one of the clubs that signed up again in the bid for his pass, but not the only one.

The City Group has already made an offer close to US$15,000,000 for 70% of the striker’s token and River he knows it: after the meeting they had Mansilla and Matías Patanian upon the arrival of the delegation to the Uruguayan capital, in the CARP they know that if they want to compete with the group that seeks to place the player in the Girona (one of the clubs in his portfolio), will have to at least tie up that offer and tempt the player in terms of contract, not counting the capital gain that Liverpool and Progreso could charge for a future sale.

In that sense, Palmeirasone of those interested in the services of the striker who can cover the entire front of attack, would not reach the figures that are on the table today of a possible negotiation, as he was able to find out Ole. Although, of course, Verdao is not the only club that could compete with River and his own Girona: he Feyenoordwhich already bid for Rodriguez three months ago, he is still interested in the striker, as well as the Benfica He has had it on his radar for a long time.

–About your pass percentages: “Liverpool has 80% and Progreso has 20%, which is where Luciano was trained.”

-About offers from abroad and what he prefers for his future: “There is an official offer from Girona. Then they are also in negotiations with Palmeiras as with River. But when it comes to deciding, Luciano will decide. What I can tell you is that River seduces him a lot.”

–About his contact with Palmeiras leaders: “I already got together in São Paulo when they played there in Brazil. River hasn’t made an offer yet.”

–On whether Liverpool are willing to sell a percentage of the player: “He is willing to have two options. Sell a high percentage or 50% as he did with Nico De la Cruz.”

–On whether River is above in case of similar proposals: “Yes, without a doubt, totally. Unless a big team from Europe comes and seduces him a lot. Girona is going to play in the Champions League, but River is also going to play in the Club World Cup.”