River, forced onto the transfer market: the two players Demichelis is banking on after Manu Lanzini’s injury

The preseason in the United States left bad news for River. And the confirmation of the tear Manu Lanzini In his right hamstring, an injury sustained on Saturday in the friendly win by Núñez’s team against Pachuca in Texas before the return to Buenos Aires has aggravated the concern. Because it’s the low seventh For Martin Demichelis, which was forced to look for substitutes on the market.

Recovery could take around three weeks for Lanzini, who would miss the first four rounds of the League Cup. And his losses add to those of Gonzalo Martinez, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury and will be out of action for seven to nine months, and Santiago Simón, who fractured his right hand and will have to undergo at least 60 days of rehabilitation. At the same time, Milton helmet He is still recovering from a meniscus injury.

To these players we must add those who will not be able to be present in the first days of the League Cup, because they are involved in the Pre-Olympic. I am Claudio Echeverri AND Pablo Solariwho are with Argentina, and Sebastiano Boselliwith Uruguay.

Demichelis loses several players who could be starters. And Lanzini’s injury, in this sense, was very bad news for the coach, who thought of Manu as an important piece within the main team, given that the “10” was a starter in the two friendly matches against Monterrey and Pachuca in the United States.

The coach will thus have to reinvent the team in view of the start of the tournament, which for River will be against Argentinos Juniors on Sunday at the Monumental. AND Rodrigo Aliendro I would replace it.

Regardless of what he thinks about Sunday, Demichelis also wants to bring in players. The fact is that, with the losses he will have, in this morning’s training at the RiverCamp in Ezeiza, he will have 23 players available (including five youth players) for the competition: 18 players on the field plus 4 goalkeepers. And we will have to see how Tomás Leiva, who only has a trauma to his left knee, evolves.

Initially, with the arrival of Nicola Fonseca, it seemed that River would withdraw from the market or at most strengthen themselves with a center forward. Now not only is he still looking for the “9”, but he is also aiming for a left winger, an attacking midfielder and a right back.

And of these three positions, there are two already registered. To the far left, they go Luciano Rodriguez, Uruguayan player for Liverpool, U20 world champion last year. And that of the midfielder is Rodrigo Villagra, from Workshop. And River will make an offer to the Córdoba club.