End of the novel: Luciano Rodríguez is not sold and River withdraws from the market

After securing Agustín Sant’anna and Rodrigo Villagra, River He couldn’t turn the market around this Thursday. In the end, the Uruguayan scorer Luciano Rodríguez, one of those sought after by Martín Demichelis and his companions, will remain at Liverpool in Montevideo to play the Copa Libertadores.

Da Núñez made the last attempt with a second offer of 12 million dollars for 70% of the passage. But the proposal did not convince even José Luis Palma, president of the Uruguayan club. So in Núñez they have already lowered the shutters and will no longer make any further additions in this summer window.

Both the River league leaders and the coach felt that Lucho Rodríguez was not a necessity but rather a gamble with great projection. They therefore believe that it makes no sense to look for another alternative in the last hours of the booklet, which closes this Friday at 8pm.

In the hours before the closing of the European window, this Thursday, Liverpool and Feyenoord gave up on completing a transfer that seemed to be on track because the Netherlands changed payment methods and the timing was not suitable to seal the deal.

At the same time, since River’s second and final proposal (the first was 7 million euros for 60% of the token) was also not enough, Palma decided to retain Luciano Rodríguez until mid-year (July-August), stronger market period, especially in Europe.

In Uruguay, in fact, it is not excluded that Feyenoord could close now, despite the transfer market closing on Thursday in the Old Continent, to sign him in the second half of 2024.

Liverpool’s objective is for the 20-year-old striker to continue to grow and show his great international projection in the Copa Libertadores, a showcase as important as the Pre-Olympic Championship was for the striker who on the other side of the ocean stands out as successor to Luis Suárez. . For this reason, Palma will make an important investment, in line with what the player could have earned at Feyenoord or River and his high price: Liverpool wanted 16 million dollars for the 80% they own of the attacker’s player.

The advance from the Liverpool president

“He can go to Holland today, maybe tomorrow to River and there are other open markets, or we can give him a big contract so he can play for the Libertadores with Liverpool. This will not affect the lives of either player. “We are interested break the record of the most important transfer in the history of Uruguay”, said José Luis Palma on Wednesday evening, after the team had won the Uruguayan Super Cup title with a 1-0 victory against Defensor Sporting.

In the hours following this statement, the Liverpool president was inclined to keep the main figure of Uruguayan football because he understands that, sooner or later, he will get a million-dollar transfer to Europe.