River Plate’s stance on Viña, on loan from Flamengo | OneFootball

Matías Viña will return to Flamengo at the end of the 2026 season

Flamengo loaned Matías Viña to River Plate (ARG) until the end of the year. However, the Argentine club tried to send the left-back back to Flamengo. After Fla refused, the team coached by Eduardo Germán Coudet began keeping the Uruguayan training separately from the squad.

What happened?

In short, Flamengo made it clear that River Plate would need to pay the penalty clause set out in the contract for the club to accept Viña’s return. As a result, the Argentine side sidelined the left-back, who is now training apart from the squad.

In addition, River Plate is no longer including Viña in match squads. That is because the club’s idea is to prevent the left-back from reaching the targets that would force them to buy the player at the end of the loan deal.

What is Viña’s situation?

Currently, Viña’s contract with Flamengo runs until December 2028. However, the full-back is on loan at River Plate until the end of 2026. Since the Argentine side does not intend to exercise the option to buy the Uruguayan, the player will return to Rubro-Negro at the end of this season.

Since moving to River Plate, Matías Viña has played 14 matches. Of those, the full-back started ten and logged a total of 887 minutes on the field for the Argentine team. Finally, the Uruguayan has not scored any goals or provided any assists for his teammates.

What should Flamengo do with Viña?

Given the difficulty of finding full-backs, Flamengo could make use of Viña’s return at the end of the 2026 season and try to revive the player. However, the Uruguayan’s next steps at Flamengo will only be decided after his loan spell ends.

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