The Núñez club spent $9 million to take the midfielder from Talleres until December 2027. The Uruguayan Sant’Anna also arrived.
River confirmed the arrival of the midfielder Rodrigo Villagrawho will sign a contract until December 2027 and It is the most expensive purchase in the history of Argentine clubs for 9 million net dollars.
Villagra He will arrive in Buenos Aires to undergo a medical examination and then he will sign the contract that will give him the opportunity to be at the Ezeiza property this Friday with Agustín Sant’Annathe first of the reinforcements.
River closed the operation with Talleres for the 22-year-old player 9 million dollars for the entire pass and will also have some extras for Talleres, among percentages that Núñez will deliver from the passes of forward Federico Girotti (the “Millonario” still retains the 45%) and defender Alex Vigo (10%), and a capital gain of 15% from the future sale of the central midfielder.
So the purchase of Villagra becomes, not only the most expensive purchase in the history of Argentine clubs, but also the second most expensive purchase of River, in the most valuable first sale in Talleres records and is the most prohibitive central midfielder in the history of Argentine football.
As soon as he arrived in Buenos Aires, the midfielder assured that his dream came true: “I never doubted the proposal and I was really looking forward to it, I did my best and I was confident that it was going to happen, and luckily my dream came true, since I always wanted to play for River”.
What did Martín Demichelis tell you?
In addition, the 22-year-old midfielder, the new reinforcement of Núñez’s team, added that he spoke with the coach Martin Demichelis.
“He told me that he was waiting for me and if they need me I’m here to play. Now to finalize the details to travel and be able to fulfill the dream that I had every day since I knew I was going to play for River,” he told TyC Sports.
Villagra arrived at Talleres in 2021 from Rosario Central in exchange for 1.3 million dollars and is coming off a great season with 43 appearances – starting 37 times -, with a total of 150 games played in his career.
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