River gives Mastantuono the highest clause in Argentine football: how much the young 16-year-old is worth

River progressed in the renewal of Franco Mastantuono. There is a principle of agreement between the management and the representative of the 16 year old to extend the contract and increase the release clause, which would be 45 million euros (and in case he leaves 10 days before the end of the transfer) market, it becomes 50 million), i.e. the highest in Argentine football. The signing will take place this week and the contract will be extended until December 2026 (it expired at the end of 2025).

This situation occurs to protect the boy from Azul again and avoid an early sale like the one that occurred with Diablito Echeverri. Even important foreign clubs, such as Barcelona, ​​had already set their sights on Mastantuono.

For this reason, the informal talks between the managers and the player’s agent, Walter Tamer (the same as Javier Mascherano), have become more formal since the beginning of the year and in the next few days they would be signed with the long-awaited photo. with the t-shirt and the pen. Mastantuono has already made his debut in the First Division, he scored a goal and is the new jewel of the club.

His footballing qualities seem tailor-made for the River Plate school: left-footed, trained like a classic hitter but with technical and tactical versatility to move as a midfielder or in different central positions, dribbler and equipped with a formidable punch. For this reason, despite not being a striker, he was always top scorer in 2007.

In the seventh, the left-hander exploded. And he was the captain of his division. He immediately moved to Quinto and, even faster, made the leap to the pros to join Demichelis’ preseason, months after signing his first professional contract, which has a clause of 30 million euros, which will now be increased . The signing took place last year, on the week of his birthday, August 14th.

Mastantuono, who has Messi as an idol and admires Nacho Fernández, soon began to have success in football, the sport he chose, after having shone with the racket and the yellow ball playing tennis, where he became the best child player in the country.