The words of Enzo Montepaone, the representative of Claudio Echeverricalmed the waters a little in River. “The relationship with the leadership is optimal and we will seek the best for everyone,” warned the representative of the Diablitowho in Santiago del Estero He had assured that he would not renew the contract that expires in December 2024.
All the alarms went off in the Núñez cast because one of the largest could emigrate freely. promises Argentina in recent years.
The panorama is presented in two alternatives: the 17-year-old from Chaco (he turns 18 on January 2) extends his contract with River or leaves everything as it is, as the footballer stated on a couple of occasions in the Madre de Cities. “From now until January 10 we have to define,” he warned Jorge Britothe boss of the Núñez cast, who was very optimistic.
If the second option – not renewing – is the one that prevails, three possible paths are open to River.
1) Hang Echeverri
It would be a drastic and controversial decision, but one that River has already made with Benjamin Rollheiser y Fabrizio Angileri, footballers who refused to renew contracts. In this case, Echeverri would be removed from the professional squad and without adding minutes for 12 months. One variable is that during the course of the decision negotiations take place to reach a new agreement, as happened this year with Sergio Barreto in Independent and Federico Gattoni in San Lorenzo.
Echeverri is at an age to grow and absorb knowledge, so it is presumed that it would be the worst of all scenarios. “Claudio, for now, has to enjoy the title. Obviously he is young and sometimes when they put the microphone on you after a game, after having played his first game as a starter and won a title being more of a protagonist, he has mixed feelings,” he said. Martin Demichelis.
In recent times, Boca made this same decision, marginalizing Nahuel Molinaa Agustín Almendra already Cristian Pavónwhile Huracán did it with Lucas Merollato name a few cases.
2) Sell it immediately
Another alternative is for River to continue counting on Echeverri and to rush to find a way out for him before he is free of action. With this novelty, purchasing clubs could offer less than market value due to a matter of urgency. It is worth remembering that Diablito’s exit clause is (or you could say “was”) $25 million.
A few months ago, Banfield got rid of Juan Manuel Cruz in exchange for a financial compensation of 157 million pesos paid by Hellas Verona of Italy. A little further back in time, Independiente sold to Fabricio Bustos to Inter de Porto Alegre when he had 4 months left on his contract for $1,350,000. Boca sought to do something similar with the loan of Agustín Rossi to Saudi Arabia, six months before he left for free.
3) Use it until it is free
During Rodolfo D’Onofrio’s management at River, more than 30 players were released and played until the last day of their contract. Ariel Rojas, Carlos Sanchez, Camilo Mayada, Lucas Pratto y Rafael Santos Borré They were the most emblematic cases. Also this year something similar happened to Racing with the Paraguayan Matias Rojas and San Lorenzo lived it with Jalil Elijah.