The world champion defender Gonzalo Montiel will play again for River, after the president of the Núñez club, Jorge Brito, closed the operation during the last hours of Sunday with the leadership of Sevilla of Spain.
A new world champion returns to River. As advanced Scope on January 3, in the last hours it was reported that there is a total agreement with the Seville of Spain and Gonzalo Montiel will play again in the “Millonario”. In this way, the 28-year-old player from the argentine national team returns to the club where he was born after three and a half years in Europe.
After some arduous negotiations, the president of the club Nunez, Jorge Britomanaged to close the operation during the last hours of Sunday with the leadership of the Seville of Spain. River will pay for 100% of the defender’s pass near 5 million dollars.
It should be noted that Montiel It was an express request from the coach Marcelo Gallardowho made it debut in First Division in 2016.
So, River will have four world champion players on its roster: the first of them is the goalkeeper Franco Armaniwho has been on the team for seven years, while the defenders German Pezzella and Marcos Acuña were incorporated into the previous pass market.
The 28-year-old defender from Gonzalez Catanwho scored the unforgettable penalty so that the Argentine National Team will win the final of the Qatar World Cup 2022 to Francedebuted as a professional in River in 2016a year in which he only played one game.
However, little by little he made a place for himself among the headlines and ended up being key to obtaining great titles, such as the Copa Libertadores 2018in which they beat 3-1 Mouth in the final.
The leading scorer will sign a contract until December 2028 and will travel to Argentina in the coming days to undergo the medical examination.
This way, Montiel It would be the sixth reinforcement of Marcelo Gallardo and it would be added to the list that they make up -today- Gonzalo Tapia, Enzo Pérez, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Matías Rojas and Giuliano Galoppo.
All the titles in Montiel’s career:
- River: Argentine Cup 2016, 2017 and 2019, Argentine Super Cup 2017 and 2019, First Division tournament in 2021, Recopa Sudamericana 2016 and 2019 and Copa Libertadores 2018.
- Argentina National Team: Copa América 2021 and 2024, Finalissima 2022 and World Cup 2022.
- Seville: UEFA Europa League 2023.
Source: Ambito
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