Marcelo Gallardo asked for the continuity of Claudio Echeverri in River: “I would love to have him one more year”

Marcelo Gallardo asked for the continuity of Claudio Echeverri in River: “I would love to have him one more year”

November 7, 2024 – 12:07

River’s coach, Marcelo Gallardo, praised the footballer Claudio Echeverri and expressed his desire to have him “at least one more year”, since in 2025 he will join Manchester City.

The coach of River, Marcelo Gallardopraised the footballer Claudio Echeverri and expressed his desire to have him “at least one more years”since in 2025 will be added to Manchester Cityentity that bought it and transferred it to the club Nunez until the end of the year.

“I would love to have him one more year, but Claudio will have to continue learning elsewhere; I wish we could have him one more year, but (Manchester) City has already paid his fee and he is on loan until the end of the year”clarified the coach in a conference after the victory against Instituto.

And he added: “He is very young and needs to establish himself in Argentine soccer; finish developing his physique. He has all the technical qualities to be a great soccer player. He is only 18 years old.”

“Julián (Álvarez, who also emigrated to City) left after three seasons with us. Learning. Training, looking for his best form to be prepared to make the leap. Sometimes the stages burn quickly. This decision had already been made”he pointed out after the triumph of River about Institute in Cordova.

Gallardo and the level of his team

“A team is not built from one day to the next. The search has always been in competition to form the best possible team, according to the current situation of each of the footballers,” he explained.

“I thought that in my teams, beyond the fact that the games are won in both areas, the construction goes through the midfield. It is fundamental. Today I think that with what happened last Saturday with Banfield with everything we generated from the game, we We imposed it from there. It’s good to continue building,” Gallardo commented.

Subsequently, he highlighted the level of his team in Córdoba: “In the second half we continued searching with play, without despairing. The goal came in the second half. That confirmed how good we were doing.”

“They tied us in a play that couldn’t happen to us and we had the reaction to win it. There are things to improve especially in the defensive phase. We were much better from the quality of play. I like that,” he said.

Source: Ambito

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