River awaits Luis Suárez’s yes, but Gallardo asks for more strikers and two new candidates appear

Waiting for Luis Suárez’s response, River Plate has a fan of cards with the names of the strikers they are negotiating for. It is that apart from the decision taken by the Uruguayan with a past in Atlético de Madrid, Barcelona and Liverpool, Marcelo Gallardo wants more than a striker to strengthen a squad that has a shortage of players in that sector of the pitch. And also for the hashtag # DoorUn9 Stop being a trend on social networks.

There are various names and different characteristics in the deck. They are Valentín Castellanos, Miguel Borja, Diego Valoyes, Lucas Beltrán, Nahuel Bustos and Matías Arezo. Y this week the management will try to be more “aggressive” – as requested by the River coach -, then he will speed up the negotiations and define which of all these alternatives he can bring.

The new names that have been added to the list are those of Bustos and Arezo. The first, the Doll, has been observing it for a long time and already last summer there was an attempt. AndThe former Talleres, who scored a goal against River at Monumental in 2019, plays in Girona, the Spanish team that will play the second leg against Tenerife as a guest on Sunday – they drew 0-0 in the first leg – in the second leg for promotion to LaLiga. And if he doesn’t get promoted, it is likely that Bustos will leave that club and be available to negotiate with the Núñez institute.

And that’s not the only reinforcement that could come from Spain. The Uruguayan Arezo, descended with Granada, is a bet for which River is already negotiating. He is a 19-year-old from area nine who has distinguished himself in the Uruguayan river and that could represent a gamble, as happened with Rafael Santos Borré five years ago. Represented by Paco Casal, with an excellent relationship with Enzo Francescoli and the millionaire management, Arezo has more than once been referred to as a potential successor to Luis Suárez by the Uruguayan press.

Meanwhile, River’s leadership does not lower his arms for Borja. Despite the coffee forward claimed to have returned to Junior to be champion as it is an unfinished business he had left, he will wait until the end of the Colombian league to try and close his arrival.

On the other hand, The Valoyes affair was stopped because Talleres asked for a lot of moneyin principle and then agreed to receive players or percentages of them in exchange, but at 45% more than Federico Girotti he added the request for portions of passes by Bruno Zuculini and Agustín Palavecino, two players highly regarded by Gallardo, so that in these conditions the negotiation is impracticable.

At the same time, the possibility of adding Castellanos remains latent. It is that beyond the luck (between 12 and 15 million dollars) required by New York City, that player is Gallardo’s priority, apart from Suárez. El Muñeco is convinced that the 23-year-old MLS forward could be a very important card in place of Julián Álvarez.

However, as the Copa Libertadores round of 16 draws near, e after the draw with Vélez, the coach will no longer have the young wonder of Calchín, Gallardo needs executives to speed up negotiations. That’s why this week too, after River play against Colón, he will go to Beltrán. Although the Santafesina management is firm on the fact that Cordovan will remain until 30 June, in Núñez they need him now to be able to enter him in the Copa Libertadores.

We understand Colón and his president who want the bond to last until June 30, but we must take into account the spirit of the contract that was until the end of the last tournament (the Professional League Cup). We have a good relationship and we hope to continue to have it, that’s why we hope they can take this issue into account because if they leave it in writing we can’t use it, “club president Jorge Brito said in River Monumental.

Another different question is that of Suárez, for which its definition is awaitedas expressed by Doll at the press conference after the draw against Atlético Tucumán at the Monumental. “It depends on your decision,” the River manager said. Meanwhile, the gunslinger He is still in Europe and is expected to decide his future between the end of this week and the beginning of the next. And in Núñez the illusion of having it is very great.