This is what Gallardo’s new River pre-season will look like | OneFootball

Clean slate. That’s what River will try to do when, after saying goodbye to players with a lot of history and following a long vacation for a battered squad, they resume training on December 20. The players who will remain at the club for the next season will reunite at the Ezeiza training ground, and after the holidays, it’s likely they’ll travel to San Martín de los Andes.

The time for farewells has already passed. Enzo Pérez, Ignacio Fernández, Gonzalo Martínez, and Milton Casco—four of the Madrid legends—along with Miguel Ángel Borja and Federico Gattoni, will no longer train wearing the River shirt. The rest began their break this Friday and will have three weeks off before returning to work under Marcelo Gallardo’s orders.

On Saturday, December 20, the squad will gather again at River Camp for the usual medical exams and the first light training sessions. After that, they’ll work until January 3, probably with some days off for Christmas and New Year’s. The intention is to have at least one of the reinforcements requested by the coach agreed upon by then, although that’s a separate matter.

The question is what the next step will be. At first, Gallardo’s coaching staff had planned to travel to San Martín de los Andes to carry out the bulk of the preseason preparation before the competition begins. The original idea was to stay from Sunday, January 4 to Thursday, January 15 or Friday, January 16 at the complex in the Neuquén city, but unexpected setbacks have arisen.

The condition of the pitches is far from ideal, and that’s why the possibility of going to Cardales or another nearby complex in Buenos Aires is gaining traction. Everything will depend on how the fields evolve over the next month and what final decision Gallardo makes.

In part, the departures will likely be offset by the regular presence of several young players who made progress in the latter part of the year. In addition to Ian Subiabre, Agustín Ruberto, and Santiago Lencina, Cristian Jaime, Joaquín Freitas, Thiago Acosta, Agustín Obregón, Ulises Giménez, Bautista Dadín, Facundo González, and Agustín de la Cuesta, among others, will compete to be called up.

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