The “Muñeco” announced on Thursday his departure from the club when his contract ends in December and in addition to his football legacy, he will leave another mark on the club in terms of economic revenue.
River’s last big sale was that of midfielder Enzo Fernández to Benfica, from Portugal.
Núñez’s institution agreed to collect 18 million for 75% of the player’s record who was on loan at Defense and Justice, an operation that occurred after the spectacular transfer of Julián Álvarez to Manchester City for 27.5 million dollars .
The splendid present River exporter refers to historical negotiations such as that of Enrique Omar Sívori to Juventus (10 million pesos), which allowed the construction of a grandstand in the Monumental, or that of Javier Saviola to Barcelona for 38 million dollars, at the moment the largest since the foundation of the club.
These operations and the 18 of genuine River Plate players in the Gallardo era help to understand why historically the inferiors are the best ally of the balance sheets.
The first strong sales of the 8 and a half years of the “Muñeco” cycle occurred at the end of 2015 with players who had already debuted in the first division but who had a confirmation with Gallardo: the central midfielder Matthias Kranevitter and the defender Ramiro Funes Mori.
Kranevitter from Tucuman was sold to Atlético de Madrid in an operation for 9.3 million dollars that was agreed in the middle of the year, but the player left the team after the Club World Cup final in Japan.
The departure of Ramiro Funes Mori, who with the arrival of Gallardo put together a historic central duo with Jonatan Maidana, occurred to the English Everton in a then-record amount for a River defender: 14.2 million dollars, a mark later surpassed by Lucas Martinez Quarta.
That year the central defender also left German Pezzella to Betis, who paid twice for his pass for a total amount of 5.5 million dollars after his good performances in the 2014 Copa Sudamericana finals.
But the first big sale with Gallardo as DT was that of Sebastian Driussiwho had debuted with Ramón Díaz and with “Muñeco” reached the ceiling of his performance. Zenit St. Petersburg invested about 24 million dollars in it in 2017.
Emanuel Mammana, who went to Lyon from France with only 34 games in exchange for 11.5 million in 2016 and Martínez Quarta, transferred to Fiorentina for 15.5 million in 2020 without having reached a hundred games, are other debutants who they were quick.
Among the midfielders, the one who was at the level of Enzo Fernández in terms of extremely high prices with few games was Exequiel Palaciosfor whom Bayer Leverkusen paid the clause of 20 million dollars in 2019 in exchange for 75% of the pass.
Another player who grew up with Gallardo, Gonzalo Montiel, one of the sides of the Argentine team, went to Seville last year for an amount of 11.5 million for 80 percent of the pass, after playing only three seasons as a starter.
Santiago Sosa sold to Atlanta United of the MLS for 6 million dollars and Gio Simeone to Genoa for 7.4 million are two examples of players who started with Gallardo but who emigrated at very high values despite not having continuity in the team .
Finally, other players born in the club who contributed to this millionaire sum were Éder Álvarez Balanta, who went to Basel in Switzerland in 2016 for 4.7 million dollars and Alexander Barboza transferred to Independiente for 3 million dollars.
The defender Víctor Cabrera, sold to the Montreal Impact of Canada in 2016 for 1.6 million dollars and Tomás Martínez, who wore the 10 in the early years of the Doll and in 2016 went to Braga from Portugal for 1.8 million dollars, are two other names on the list.
Finally, there is also the case of Facundo Medina, who after Talleres went to France and contributed 2.6 million or that of Guido Rodríguez transferred to Xolos de México for 2.5 million after returning from Defense.
This phenomenon, which is not new, but unprecedented in history in terms of quantity and values, will surely continue with future transfers of the values that Gallardo included in the first team.
Santiago Simón or the defender Héctor David Martínez, who made his debut in the Paraguayan national team after being led by Gallardo, could be the next names to maintain the club’s export trend that, more than ever, lives up to the historic nickname of “millionaire”.
Source: Ambito
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