After the deal with Girona fell through, Millonario and Liverpool resumed negotiations and his arrival might be finalised in the next few hours.
Luciano Rodriguez scored once morest San Lorenzo in the Copa Libertadores
River is back in the game for Luciano Rodríguez and the old desire for the young Uruguayan striker seems like it might now come true following the first negotiations did not end in the best way.
What’s more, everything seemed to indicate that Rodríguez’s future was going to be in Europe, more precisely at Girona in Spain, but the transfer ended up falling through. El Millonario resumed talks with Liverpool and is firmly in pursuit of the footballer who will turn 21 on July 16.
What is known regarding the operation? River will buy a percentage of the transfer of the young Uruguayan forward, although for the moment it has not been revealed how much it will be or how much the institution from Núñez will pay. Yes, both parties have shown interest in carrying out the negotiation.
To give you an idea of what River or Liverpool might pay, City Group, the economic group that owns Girona, was going to buy 70% of the transfer for around 15 million euros. At the time, the Argentine club had offered 12 million dollars for that percentage.
Rodríguez was one of the stars of the Uruguayan national team that won the Under-20 World Cup in Argentina and also stood out in the Pre-Olympic tournament directed by Marcelo Bielsa, in which the Charrúas failed to qualify for the Olympic Games (Argentina and Paraguay did).
Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker, who was long sought following by River Plate, will continue his career in Europe. (Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images)
The new interest in Rodríguez comes at the same time that River began to cool off the arrival of Adam Bareiro following San Lorenzo did not show satisfaction with the amounts (2.5 million dollars gross plus two million in objectives) proposed by the Millionaire.
Martín Demichelis was looking to strengthen his attack in this transfer market and thought of the Paraguayan to compete with Miguel Borja, but negotiations with San Lorenzo were delayed and with this possible arrival of Rodríguez, the chance would finally fall through.
So far, River has added reinforcements such as Jeremías Ledesma, Federico Gattoni, Franco Carboni and Felipe Peña Biafore, who returns to the club from his loan at Lanús.
This is how Ledesma retired following undergoing a medical examination
The million-dollar sale of Esequiel Barco
Almost at the same time as the news of Luciano Rodríguez’s return to the team, River finished closing the transfer of the midfielder to Spartak Moscow.
Barco, who had joined River from Atlanta United for around 11 million dollars, is leaving for 16 million dollars and will sign a four-year contract.
With the sale of the former Independiente player, River will go in search of an attacking midfielder and one of the names that is being mentioned is Pedro de la Vega, in Seattle of the MLS, but for the moment there is nothing formal.
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