The New York City striker was River’s main target at the closing of the transfer market, but the economic conditions sought by the MLS club were impossible for the Millionaire.
In the final stretch of the transfer market, River He definitively got out of the negotiation for the main target to be the last reinforcement of the transfer market for Marcelo Gallardo’s squad: Valentin Castellanos.
The Argentine striker for New York City He was the player that the Doll wanted to finish forming the squad that will have the Copa Libertadores as its main objective, but With the passing of days, the negotiation never had a good outlook for River and the leadership decided to put an end to the search for Castellanos.
River got out of the negotiations for Castellanos
After several offers from River to the City Group, trying with loans, purchase percentages, options and installments to pay until reaching the last one, which went from a purchase to paying off a first part at the time of the transfer and the rest in a medium term, but With a single payment, the Millionaire gave up trying to convince the business group that owns New York City, which is far from the financial need to sell a player.
Thus, despite the fact that Castellanos always expressed his desire to play for River and that between the club and the player everything was arranged while waiting for City to accept one of the Millionaire’s offers, the striker’s fate will not be in Argentine football .
River’s alternatives following not incorporating Castellanos
As in the Millionaire they knew that it was not easy to stay with the man from Mendoza, Marcelo Gallardo has two other names in mind so as not to be left without reinforcement. The first is Nahuel Bustos, an old wish of the Doll. The striker from Talleres plays for Girona in Spain, which is also owned by the City Group. This might shorten the negotiation, taking into account that if there is no point of agreement in the talks for Castellanos, they might quickly try to have it for the Cordovan. Although the City Group’s preference for having its players in Europe might be a point that complicates River.
The other is the Uruguayan Brian Ocampo, a striker who had been released from Nacional but finally signed a new link with the cast of Montevideo. The 22-year-old attacker already has experience in the senior team -in fact, he was part of the squad for the last Copa América- and is one of the main figures in the Uruguayan league.
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