Gallardo eyes young talent to challenge Acuña at River | OneFootball

While waiting for a response from Zenit regarding Román Vega, the Millionaire club has approached the entourage of the Bournemouth player, who has had very few minutes in this 2025.

River is actively moving in the transfer market. At the request of Marcelo Gallardo, the management has already initiated several parallel negotiations and recently added another name: Julio Soler. A substitute with almost no playing time at Bournemouth, Núñez has reached out to his entourage to see if he is willing to return to Argentine football.

With the departure of Milton Casco, the Millionaire club is left without a backup for Marcos Acuña, the absolute owner of the position. Therefore, negotiations have already started with Zenit for a loan of Román Vega and, at the same time, they have now inquired about the current situation of the former Lanús player. For the moment, that's all, but they are hoping for a positive response.

At 20 years old, born in Asunción but with Argentine nationality and even call-ups to Lionel Scaloni's national team, after 58 appearances, he left Lanús at the beginning of the year to join Bournemouth in the Premier League, for eight million euros. Since then, he has barely had any playing time.

Since his arrival, Soler has only started in three matches: two in the FA Cup and the other in the English League Cup. In the Premier League, he has never started and has only come on five times, totaling just 30 minutes.

Given this scenario, River hopes that the possibility of having more continuity and a more permanent showcase to dream of a new presence on Scaloni's list might entice him to push for his departure. Initially, as with the other negotiations, it would be a loan with an option or obligation to buy, but several details still need to be resolved to reach those stages of negotiation.

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