After Carboni and Bareiro, Federico Gattoni is one signing away from River :: Olé

Yes in River They were already contemplating strengthening the defense, Paulo Díaz’s phrase about his desire to play in Europe, added to the specific interest of Al Qadsiah of Saudi Arabia, only increased the intensity of the search. So with German Pezzella on standby and the increasingly complex negotiations with Vélez for Valentin Gomezfrom Núñez they targeted Federico Gattoni, who He is just one signature away from putting on the Band and will close his arrival in the next few hours.

The former San Lorenzo played last season for Anderlecht, although his transfer corresponds to Sevilla, who bought the card from Ciclón in January 2023 for a sum close to 1.5M dollars. After his loan with the team that finished second in the last Pro League ended and without a place in the Spanish club due to the decision of the coach, Francisco García Pimienta, River accelerated in the last hours and reached an initial agreement for a one-year loan, with a purchase option of 3M dollars.

Wanting to wear the Band even though he had planned to return to Boedo, The main objective of the 25-year-old central defender is to get back to filming after a season in which He barely accumulated 10 games (in five he started) with a total of 539′ on the courtadded to the fact that in his first European experience he played five matches in Seville (157′) and He scored a goal against Atlético Astorga in the second round of the Copa del Rey.

After almost 100 games with the Ciclón shirt and a jump to the Old Continent that was not as expected, Gattoni, captain of CASLA during the Insua era at a great level, if nothing unexpected happens will be another new face in the market after the play-off of Felipe Pena Biafore and agreements with Franco Carboni and the end of the novel with Adam Bareiro.

In this way, with Paulo Díaz in the Copa América and waiting for Pezzella’s wish to come true, if the documentation is arranged this week -as planned-, Gattoni will be able to start the preseason and compete in a defense in which today Demichelis has Leandro González availablewhile Daniel Zabala and Ramiro Funes Mori They are lacking rhythm due to their injuries. At the same time, although the pass of David Martinez to Pumas, in a fact that will go to another destination.