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River needs reinforcements to feed the desire to fight in the Copa Libertadores, his main desire. Although it finished in first place in the general table and will define each instance it accesses as local, must take a leap in hierarchy and encourage the internal competition of its team to become the reliable team that the fans demand.
“This is not the time to talk about the market,” he warned. Martin Demichelis, in the press conference he gave after the 2-0 victory over Deportivo Táchira. And he added: “I did not make any kind of name public. I talk about those things behind closed doors with the technical secretariat.”
However, The River leadership has been working for several weeks to ensure that the preseason, to take place from July 1 in a hotel in Pilar, has new faces. Meanwhile, some footballers are preparing to leave, such as Agustín Palavecino, very close to going on loan to Necaxa (Mexico), and David Martínez. On the other hand, Augusto Batalla, whose six-month stay at Granada ended with the loss of category in the Spanish league, and Felipe Peña, with a play-off clause to return from Lanús, are not in the plans to join.
The pass book has a start date this Saturday and will extend in the Professional League until 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 22, but in the Libertadores the deadline ends three days before the round of 16 begins. For that stage, River can make up to five changes to the roster, knowing that he no longer has the left-handed central marker Lautaro Rivero, on loan to Central Córdoba (Santiago del Estero) and that the departure of the aforementioned Palavecino is imminent.
With respect to foreigners quotaDemichelis has one available because today he has five of the six allowed players: the Chilean Paulo Díaz, whose dual citizenship is in the process of freeing up a place, the Colombian Miguel Borja and the Uruguayans Agustín Sant’Anna, Sebastián Boselli and Nicolás Fonseca , born in Naples (Italy).
Given the scenario presented, today there are four names that appear in River’s orbit as possible reinforcements: Jeremías Ledesma, Germán Pezzella, Valentín Gómez and Adam Bareiro.
World champion and winner of 10 titles in River since he arrived in January 2018, Franco Armani is one of the undisputed players in the affection of the fans. His contract is valid until December 31, 2026, but during the first weeks of that year there is a clause that allows them to terminate it unilaterally without compensation to both the goalkeeper and the club.
Today Armani’s substitute is Ezequiel Centurión, although the intention of the coaching staff and the leadership is to promote competition in the position and that is why after evaluating different names the target is Jeremías Ledesma, emerged from Rosario Central. At 31 years old, Conan, as he is known because he prefers to use his middle name, He was relegated this season with Cádiz. His relationship in Spain is valid until June 30, 2026, but he knows of River’s interest and there have already been contacts to analyze whether his incorporation is viable.
While Paulo Díaz generates confidence and is usually applauded by the public at the Monumental stadium, Leandro González Pirez is experiencing irregularity. He was one of the pillars in obtaining the Professional League in 2023, but he never fully met expectations to compete on the international level. That is why River seeks to strengthen that area and the priority is to repatriate after nine years to Germán Pezzella, one of the members of the Argentine team in Qatar 2022.
While it is true that the 32-year-old defender extended the duration of his contract until June 30, 2026 with Real Betis, where he is one of the leaders and won the Copa del Rey 25 months ago, the exit clause was considerably reduced for be accessible: four million euros.
For now, the defender preferred not to express himself publicly about the chances of returning to River, although it is a family decision after living in Italy and settling in Spain for the second time.
In addition to the aforementioned search to repatriate Pezzella, River evaluated different Argentine soccer defenders, including Valentin Gomezone of Vélez’s promises. At just 20 years old, he has played 84 official matches in all competitions for El Fortín and was runner-up in the League Cup. He is left-handed, is 1.81 meters tall and his termination clause is valued at 10 million dollars.
The Núñez institution has already maintained contacts with its pair of Liniers to know in detail the conditions and begin negotiations for Gómez, knowing that a possible variable is the purchase of a percentage and including footballers in the operation.
As the possibilities of adding forward Luciano Rodríguez (Liverpool, from Uruguay) were diluted and it is not feasible to incorporate Joaquín “Tucu” Correa, whose pass belongs to Inter Milan, the attacker who has the greatest chance of arriving is Adam Bareiro. The Paraguayan is linked to San Lorenzo until June 30, 2025, but his goodbye seems imminent, especially because his exit clause is accessible in the transfer market: only three and a half million dollars.
“I don’t know what is going to happen to my future. “What I know is that I enjoyed this shirt the most,” Bareiro stated, in dialogue with ESPN, minutes after drawing 0-0 against Palmeiras and qualifying for the round of 16 of the Libertadores.
Although it was not revealed at the time, River was close to taking the Paraguayan at the beginning of this year. Now, with a space available to incorporate foreigners, The San Lorenzo scorer represents a huge temptation due to his qualities and the personality he displays on the field.. The player’s decision is between proposals from abroad and the latent option of joining River.
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