After so many twists, Miguel Borgia He is officially a player of River. The Colombian striker signed a contract for three and a half years (until December 2025) at the Monumental offices together with the president of the club this Tuesday morning, Jorge Britoand the first deputy, Matías Patanian.
Borja could make his debut tomorrow with the shirt of River in the duel against Barracas Central for the 16th Argentine Cup final in San Luis, from the Colombian enters businessbeyond the long journey he had to arrive in Buenos Aires, where he arrived early Monday morning and immediately underwent a medical examination.
After Julián Álvarez’s departure for Manchester City, Gallardo needs Borja’s goals. In the last semester, the Colombian has scored 16 goals in 27 games (of which he was the owner in 26), which gives him an average of one goal every 136 minutes (one and a half game). Y in his career he scored 158 goals in 392 games, which is equivalent to an average of 0.40.
Footballer of the Colombian national team, with whom he was champion of the South American sub-20 of Mendoza in 2013, Borja won the Copa Libertadores together with Franco Armani in 2016 with Atlético Nacional de Medellín and Sudamericana with Independiente Santa Fe in 2015. And he will have his second period in Argentine football. Is that in 2014 he played at the Olympus de Bahía Blanca and scored a goal against River in the 1-1 at Monumental, in a pivotal match in which Marcelo Gallardo’s team began to lose the local tournament which in the end is remained in the hands of Racing. And he also made two with the Junior in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2021, one in Núñez and the other in Barranquilla.
Borja and Brito shook hands. A new era begins?
According to River president Jorge Brito, there were no problems with the Central Bank so the Núñez institution could buy the dollars at the official exchange rate and make the first transfer to Junior, as agreed with the Barranquilla club. What happened is that the coup of the Mep dollar (in one day the value of him rose by over 50 pesos to exceed 270 pesos) made it necessary to review the contract with the player and establish new conditions of the operation.
And despite River being eliminated from the Copa Libertadores, the chance to bring Borja never fell due to that problem because Gallardo also needed a “9” to compete locally, in which he will face the Professional League and the Argentine Cup.
Then, Borja, who also pushed from his seat for the situation to have a happy ending, will put the red sash on his chest and try to write his own story as reflected in the video he made at the River museum, in the who was encouraged to do the little dance she does at her celebrations. And he too will try to give Gallardo’s team the goals he is missing, of course.
River and the Colombian dynasty
Massimiliano Benozzi
Source: Clarin
