The third time was the charm: Austin accepted the last offer of 10 million dollars and Sebastián Driussi is River’s new reinforcement. One of the long novels of the summer has ended, and positively for Marcelo Gallardo, who once again demonstrates his ability to convince to bring back a footballer in his prime.
If the end was with a smile, in addition to River’s economic effort, it must be said that Driussi himself had a lot to do with it, who since he received the call from Gallardo did not hesitate in his desire to return to the club where he was born.
Not even the millions from Estudiantes through the Foster Gillet Group, who Brito pointed out for hindering the negotiations and trying to snatch him away at the last minute, gave the 28-year-old forward the arm to twist. He wanted to play for River and so it will be. More than seven years after his departure from Núñez to embark on a new direction in his career at Zenit in Russia, with a good stint in the ascending league of the United States, Gordo joins the list of those who return home along with Lucas Martínez Quarta, Gonzalo Montiel and Enzo Pérez.
Taking into account that River is finishing its preseason in San Martín de los Andes and this Friday will play a friendly against Universidad de Chile, it is expected that Driussi will join the squad led by Gallardo starting next week.
Williams Alarcón, another reinforcement for Gago’s Boca
Now Boca is not letting its foot off the accelerator in the transfer market and has already closed its sixth reinforcement, immediately after the boom due to the arrival of Ander Herrera. Who is it? The Chilean Williams Alarcón, who arrives from Huracán.
After the differences between Globo and his representative regarding the 20% of the player’s transfer that corresponds to the last mentioned part were smoothed out, the 24-year-old midfielder’s entourage gave the green light to the Xeneize, who already had everything arranged with the team from Parque Patricios.
After many twists and turns, the end of the novel -with a happy ending for Juan Román Riquelme and the Football Council- marks that Alarcón will wear the Boca jersey in exchange for 2,800,000 dollars for 80% of the transfer, plus the pre-existing debt that Huracán had for Franco Cristaldo, which was around 1,200,000. That is, a total close to 4 million in the US currency.
Once the incorporation of Alarcón is closed, Boca will stop hiring more foreign players because it already has the six allowed by the AFA in the squad: the Uruguayans Edinson Cavani, Miguel Merentiel and Marcelo Saracchi; the Chilean Carlos Palacios; and the Spaniard Ander Herrera.
After the scandal, Leandro Díaz would continue his career at Universidad de Chile
After the scandalous episode that he starred in during a friendly against Tigre, a match in which he kicked a youth who was on the ground and punched Alan Barrionuevo, sending him to the hospital, the forward Leandro Díaz, who was therefore separated from the Lanús squad, could continue his career at Universidad de Chile.
The fierce reaction of the 32-year-old Tucuman, which is added to other similar episodes that he has had throughout his career, made the Granate separate him from the squad and make the decision that he would not continue at the club.
Beyond the fact that coach Mauricio Pellegrino intended to evaluate him, the leaders were looking for a way out and receive compensation for the year of his contract left. Now everything seems to indicate that this door will open because the trans-Andean team has already spoken with the player’s representative.
Although the institution in the south of Greater Buenos Aires is still waiting for a formal offer to arrive, the truth is that they are waiting to receive the money so that finally Loco, who at the end of the 2024 Professional League had said that he would leave Lanús, can complete his time at the Granate stained by this scandal.
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