Attentive, River and Defense: Heinze again pointed to the Argentine market | Football24 News English

Atlanta United incorporated as coach Gabriel Heinze and the Argentine took aim at our football to strengthen his team. Took to Lisandro Lopez, Also to Santiago Sosa and, now, the one who goes to MLS is Héctor Martínez.

Héctor Martínez, a shared pass between River and Defensa

Héctor Martínez is one of the players who, without a place in River, looked for minutes in another team and found them in Defense and Justice, a club in which he ended up being a key piece for the consecration in the South American Cup.

With Marcelo Gallardo as coach, Martínez only played one game and went on loan to Defense in July 2019. El Halcón, finally, ended up acquiring 50 percent of his pass in exchange for 900 thousand dollars.

Martínez, another Argentine to MLS

Although the final details have yet to be defined, everything has been agreed for Héctor Martínez to move to Atlanta United, which It would pay about 3.5 million dollars for the purchase.

Half will go to Defense and the other will go to River’s coffers, which thus adds an important figure thinking about paying off debts or finishing closing some incorporation in this transfer market.

Atlanta United had already secured Lisandro López, who decided to put an end to his racing career, while in the last hours he also agreed to the arrival of Santiago Sosa, from whom he buys 70% of the pass from River for six million euros. Dollars.

Eduardo Berizzo follows the defender closely

Martinez, 23, had a great performance in defense, where he played 41 games and scored two goals. His performances aroused the interest of Argentine coach Eduardo Berizzo, who directs the Paraguay team, which has among its ranks Alejandro Romero Gamarra and Gastón Giménez, two footballers born on Albiceleste soil.

It is worth mentioning that Martínez, who was part of Argentina’s U-17 in the World Cup and the South American 2015, has dual nationality and already had a telephone contact with Berizzo, so his arrival at the Guaraní team is a concrete possibility and could have its premiere at the national team level in the next South American Qualifying dates.