The novel for the renewal of Nicholas of the Cross It’s been long enough, but this week should end with a happy ending. It is that from all parties involved they assure that the Uruguayan will sign for the extension of his new connection to River before going to play with his team the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
In the next few hours, the engagement of the dark midfielder would take place, given that on Wednesday he will leave for Abu Dhabi with the Uruguayan national team. Therefore, since he is already training with the team led by Diego Alonso, he would make a flash trip to Buenos Aires to seal the agreement, which will last for another two years.
The new agreement is written and will be signed when Paco Casal, the player’s representative, arrives in Buenos Aires, which would happen in these hours. At that moment, the 25-year-old midfielder will cross the Río de la Plata to place the hook, take the traditional photo with President Jorge Brito and Vice President Matías Patanian and thus travel to Qatar with the long-awaited procedure already concluded.
River owns 30% of De La Cruz’s file and will buy another 20% from Liverpool de Montevideo and therefore both clubs will keep half of the pass. The release clause of the Argentine nationalized Uruguayan midfielder (he no longer occupies a foreign stake), it would remain at $ 22 million gross.
In this way, save the possibility of an important transfer after the World Cup, the River will continue to have a decisive player for its scheme. A player who contributes both to the recovery and to the realization of the game and who has had good performances this year, in the midst of the irregularities that the team has had.
Since joining River in mid-2017, De La Cruz has played 174 games and scored 29 goals (he is eighth in the club’s ranking of Uruguayan top scorers). And in the last year he has played 42 games and played 2,863 minutes on the pitch.
The last game De La Cruz played was against Rosario Central as he was out of love with Racing due to a knee problem. After the last date of the Professional League, he was fired by Gallardo’s coaching staff and, after a few days of rest with his family, he began the official preparation for Qatar 2022 at the Uruguayan Football Federation, where the coach Diego Alonso works with several 55 private players.
“joy of being here”, Expressed De La Cruz in one of his latest stories on Instagram, all focused on what will be his first World Cup with Celeste. But before putting his head completely in Qatar, the midfielder has the desire to be able to sign the renewal of his contract with River.
Source: Clarin
