River move for Uruguayan midfielder Mauro Arambarri | OneFootball

Mauro Arambarri, one of Getafe’s standout players, could become River Plate’s new signing at Chacho’s explicit request.

Eduardo Coudet took over as River’s head coach in early March, after leaving Deportivo Alavés to become Marcelo Gallardo’s successor. Since then, aside from the arrival of Tobías Ramírez from Argentinos Juniors, Chacho has kept the River squad he inherited from the previous cycle.

With the need to look for reinforcements ahead of next semester, when the transfer window reopens, the coach has several targets in mind. Up front, Giovanni Simeone is close, and he could return from Italy after a decade. In midfield, the target is a foreign player currently at Getafe.

Specifically, the midfielder River is moving for is Mauro Arambarri. The 30-year-old Uruguayan is one of the key players in José Bordalás’s team, which currently sits sixth in LaLiga, and Coudet knows him from facing him while coaching Celta and Alavés.

Arambarri was born in Salto, came through the youth ranks at Defensor Sporting, and had spells at Bordeaux and Boston River before establishing himself at Getafe, where he has played since 2018. There, the Uruguayan has made more than 250 appearances and is under contract until July 2028.

Following Coudet’s explicit request, and after he already spoke with the player, River has already made a verbal offer for both the player and the Spanish club itself. In fact, Enzo Francescoli already held an in-person meeting with people close to Arambarri on the day River played Carabobo in the Copa Sudamericana.

The people close to the player were invited by River’s board to attend that match, and the figures in the club’s offer, both for Arambarri and for Getafe, are not far from what both parties in Spain would accept. A formal response would arrive during May.

Mauro Arambarri’s numbers at Getafe

Since arriving in 2018, the Uruguayan midfielder has played a total of 261 matches, scoring 22 goals, providing 14 assists, receiving 74 yellow cards, and 3 red cards. He has also played 12 matches for the Uruguay national team, but he is not part of Marcelo Bielsa’s plans.

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