Palavecino (Deportivo Cali) and Martínez (Defense), to a signature to play in the Millionaire
One week before the start of the Professional League Cup, River seems to begin to open the doors for reinforcements. In the last hours agreed by word the arrival of two names and awaits the signature of both to announce them and start nurturing the coach’s squad Marcelo gallardo.
One of them is one of the first footballers for whom the Doll asked for an effort. It’s about the attacking midfielder Agustin Palavecino, emerged from Platense and interestingly present at Deportivo Cali. For the 24-year-old cousin of Erik Lamela, Núñez’s club first tried to arrange a loan with a purchase option, something that Colombia did not accept. The exit clause amounts to four million dollars.
But the negotiations continued. And before the wish of the fantasista to play in River (and the will in consonance of Platense, owner of the other 50% of the card) the conversations came to fruition. The Band will acquire half of the player’s pass in two installments: they will pay in time $ 1,750,000 and the rest in June. The latest movements in the market (the sale of Santiago Sosa to Atlanta United of the MLS in USD 6 million and the possible transfer of Nacho Fernández to Atlético Mineiro in a similar amount) allow the Argentine institution the disbursement.
Thus, Palavecino, who in Deportivo Cali registers 16 goals in 66 games, would arrive this Monday in Argentina to undergo the medical examination. But the item incorporations in River adds a new name. And it’s about an old acquaintance …
Hector David Martinez, 23, has already passed through the Millionaire and through the hands of Gallardo, who made him debut in First at the end of 2018, in a match against Gimnasia La Plata. Then, without continuity, he went to Defense and Justice, where he became champion of the South American Cup with Hernán Crespo as coach.
The Falcon had acquired 50% of the pass for $ 900,000 and was about to sell it to Atlanta United, but River raised his hand and requested his repatriation, for which he would pay 1,200,000 USD to recover the entire token. Such was the level exhibited in Florencio Varela (41 presences and two conquests) that is being observed by Eduardo Berizzo to summon him to the Paraguayan national team (beyond the fact that he was born in Argentina, he has family ties with that country).
The aforementioned operations, added to the extensions of the Franco Armani, Matías Suárez and Gonzalo Montiel They inject calm into Gallardo, beyond the fact that he knows that some pieces will emigrate, as happened with Sosa. Thus, it will seek to continue giving shine to a cycle that has lasted six and a half years and in which it aims to continue fighting in each competition.
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