After a semester with ups and downs, the management and Martín Demichelis knew that the 2024 transfer market was important in view of the final phase of the Libertadores Cupand that the margin of error when looking for reinforcements was practically zero. And although the results will end up being what determines whether it was good or bad, Leonardo Astrada has already made an analysis of what the new faces have been so far.
The historic former midfielder of the Greatest, who also knew how to be a coach of the club and currently works as a panelist for ESPN, He was not at all happy with River’s transfer market. She even assured that only “Ledesma is a reinforcement, the rest are additions“.
What Astrada said about River’s transfer market
El Negro did not mince his words when it came to characterizing the Millionaire’s movements.Jeremías Ledesma is a reinforcement, the rest are additions so far. It doesn’t change the equation for me“, he emphasized on F90, an ESPN program. The other four are Adam Bareiro, Federico Gattoni, Franco Carboni and Felipe Peña Biafore, to whom he dedicated a particular paragraph to each one.
““Bareiro performed well in San Lorenzo, but it was necessary because Borja had no replacement.”, commented on the Paraguayan goalscorer who arrives from San Lorenzo. The other former Ciclón is Gattoni: “I want to see him in River. In CASLA I played with a line of five, deep in the back, and at River you have 40 meters behind you. to run to your bow”. In any case, Astrada anticipated that “Until he gets settled, González Pírez, who already knows the club, will play”.
On the other hand, who played more than 400 games with the Sacred Mantle and had two stages as a coach, gave his vision on what Demichelis’ team needs and the characteristics it should look for in the market. “He lacks creation in the middle and a center back like Otamendi. Gattoni is proof“, he highlighted.
When do River’s reinforcements sign?
The first to set the hook will be Federico Gattoniwho between the weekend and On Monday he will have his medical check-up and sign his contract., on loan for one year with purchase option. At the same time, it is expected that they will also sign their bond. Franco Carboni, also on loan, in his case from Inter. Thus, both They will be at the beginning of the preseasonlike Felipe Pena Biafore.
For its part, Jeremías Ledesma also hopes to join by the end of next weekand Adam Bareiro will do the same once Paraguay finishes its participation in the 2024 Copa América.
