Marcelo Gallardo is worried: the arrivals of Maxi Meza and Fabricio Bustos have become complicated

After the presentation in society accompanied by the River Plate leaders, Marcelo Gallardobrand new technician of Riverbegan his second stage at the club with a practice in the Most Monumental Stadium on Monday afternoon.

The “Muñeco” is waiting for the arrivals of Maximiliano Meza and Fabricio Bustoswhich became complicated in the last few hours for different reasons.

In the first training session, all the players were present except the defender. Augustin Sant’Anna, the midfielder Gonzalo Martinez and the forward Facundo Colidio who is recovering from a torn external meniscus, a torn anterior cruciate ligament and discomfort in his right knee due to synovitis.

The one who was also present was Pezzella who, like the most successful coach of the institution, Nunezsigned a contract this Monday and began his second cycle in River.

After conquering the America Cup with the Argentine national teamthe 33-year-old defender from Bahía Blanca was on vacation for a few days and arrives without football rhythm but the idea of Gallant is that this present before Workshops in Cordova for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Libertadores Cup.

While preparing for his debut against Hurricane Saturday night at the Most Monumental Stadiumthe coach from Merlo is waiting for the definition of the negotiations for the midfielder Maximiliano Meza of the Monterrey of Mexico and the defender Fabricio Bustos of Porto Alegre International.

Gallant go to Table as the natural replacement of Esequiel Boatanother former player of the Avellaneda club who left River in this transfer market to go to Spartak Moscow of Russia in exchange of 16 million dollars.

However, there is a problem with the former Gimnasia de La Plata midfielder’s Mexican club, which does not want to hand over the documents since it fired its coach and is waiting for the “OK” from the new coach and the Board of Directors.

For his part, the coach is thinking about the right back, former Independentas an alternative for the position in which it only has one variant, which is the Uruguayan Sant’Anna. The problem with the arrival of Busts It is a difference of more than 250 thousand dollars for the contract and the commission that the representative claims.

In addition, Gallant has Milton Casco, Sebastian Boselli and Santiago Simon as variants but they are forced since it is not his natural position and the arrival of the Cordoba native could put aside this deficiency that the River Plate squad presents.