Since the departure of Rodrigo Villagra was agreed upon through Foster Gillett -for now on standby-, Kevin Castaño appears as the central midfielder that Marcelo Gallardo wants to replace that loss and take charge of River’s midfield axis. He is the chosen one and that is why, in the last few hours, that desire was translated into a formal offer to Krasnodar to try to obtain his services.
Slowly, the management of the Millionaire first began negotiations with the representative of the Colombian National Team player and, with the approval and several winks from the player himself on social networks, now stepped on the accelerator directly with the club.
How much was the offer? River put 7 million dollars on the table, plus one in bonuses, for 70% of Castaño’s transfer, today an undisputed starter and one of the most outstanding values that the leader of the Russian league has.
The other percentage of the 24-year-old midfielder’s transfer belongs to Cruz Azul, from Mexico, a team that Núñez also contacted with the intention of negotiating to buy the entirety.
Although at first Krasnodar was putting its foot down and would only sell him for a sum of around 10,000,000 USD, the story changed and today River is optimistic that the operation will come to fruition to add its eighth reinforcement of the transfer market.
Boca suffers from injuries: Belmonte tore his leg and misses Phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores
The victory on the rainy night of Tuesday against Independiente Rivadavia of Mendoza seems to have only left the three points as a positive value for Boca. Of course it is not little, but it is not enough either.
Fernando Gago’s team is still unable to find its way, it is not flowing in the game and to top it off it continues to lose soldiers due to injuries: Tomás Belmonte suffered a tear in the calf of his left leg and will not be able to be part of the squad for the debut in Phase 2 of the Copa Libertadores.
The former Lanús player was a starter as a central midfielder but a muscle problem made him unable to continue on the field after a few minutes, which is why Gago had to improvise and replaced him with Lautaro Di Lollo so that Rodrigo Battaglia could join the center of the field.
This morning, upon returning to practice, Belmonte underwent the necessary tests and the result yielded the worst news: a fibrillar rupture that will keep him off the field for three weeks, which means that he will not be available for several games.
A starter in their scheme at the start of 2025, he will miss the entire Copa Libertadores playoff (February 18 and February 25) against the winner of Alianza Lima and Nacional de Paraguay, who will define the series today. This loss is added to that of Ander Herrera, since Gago confirmed that he will not be present for the first leg.
Lucas Pusineri: “I feel that Atlético Tucumán is my home”
The press room of the José Fierro Monumental Stadium was the scene of the official presentation of Lucas Pusineri as coach of Atlético Tucumán, who will begin his second cycle and expressed his joy at returning to the institution.
“It’s very nice to be here because I feel that Atlético Tucumán is my home, things went well for us on a professional and personal level. I was very happy here with the sporting aspect, fighting for the tournament and although I haven’t had a stage as a footballer, when you do well, you take it as your own home. So it’s very nice to be in a place where you are well received,” said the coach on his return to the club.
He also added: “This disposition of ours makes us go forward, show that we want to take charge of the situation, I think that is what the team also deserves and not to be on a box seat. That ends up being the most important thing and we hope to be able to build with time the solidity that we all want so that Atlético can get to fight and be able to qualify, which is what we all want.”
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