El Diablito Echeverri and the bomb that shakes the River: the three paths that open if he does not renew the contract

The words of Enzo Montepaone, representative of Claudio Echeverrithey calmed things down a bit River. “The relationship with the management is optimal and we will seek the best for everyone”, warned the representative of little devilwho inside Santiago del Estero He had assured that he would not renew the contract expiring in December 2024.

In the Núñez caste all the alarms went off because one of the greatest could emigrate freely. promises Argentina in recent years.

The panorama presents itself with two alternatives: the 17-year-old from Chaco (he will turn 18 on January 2) extends his contract with River or leaves everything as it is, as the player declared on a couple of occasions to Madre de Cities. “Between now and January 10th we have to define,” he warned Jorge Britothe head of Núñez’s cast, who said he was very optimistic.

If the second option, that of non-renewal, were to prevail, three possible paths open up for River.

1) Hang Echeverri

It would be a drastic and controversial decision, but one that River has already made Benjamin Rollheiser AND Fabrizio Angileri, players who refused to renew their contracts. In this case Echeverri would be excluded from the professional squad and without adding minutes for 12 months. One variable is that negotiations take place during the decision to reach a new agreement, as happened this year Sergio Barreto in Independent and Federico Gattoni in San Lorenzo.

Echeverri is at an age to grow up and absorb knowledge, so one assumes that would be the worst case scenario. “Claudio has to enjoy the title for now. Obviously he’s young and sometimes when they put the microphone on you at the end of the match, after having played his first match as a starter and won a title as a protagonist, he has mixed feelings,” he said. Martin Demichelis.

In recent times, Boca has made the same decision, marginalizing them Nahuel MolinaTO Agostino Almendra Already Cristian Pavónwhile Huracán did it with Luca Merollato name a few cases.

2) Sell it now

Another alternative is for River to continue to count on Echeverri and hurry to find him a way out before he is free. With this news, the purchasing clubs could offer, as a matter of urgency, less than the market value. It’s worth mentioning that Diablito’s exit clause is (or you might say “was”) $25 million.

A few months ago, Banfield got rid of it Juan Manuel Cruz in exchange for financial compensation of 157 million pesos paid by Italy’s Hellas Verona. A little further back in time, Independiente sold to Fabricio Bustos at Inter in Porto Alegre when he had 4 months left on his contract for $1,350,000. Boca tried to do something similar with the loan of Agostino Rossi to Saudi Arabia, six months before leaving for free.

3) Use it until it’s free

During Rodolfo D’Onofrio’s management at River, more than 30 players were released and played until the last day of their contracts. Ariel Rojas, Carlos Sanchez, Camilo Mayada, Luca Pratto AND Rafael Santos Borré They were the most emblematic cases. Something similar happened to Racing again this year with the Paraguayan Matías Rojas and San Lorenzo lived with him Jalil Elias.