River seal first signing requested by Marcelo Gallardo for 2026 | OneFootball

Marcelo Gallardo smiles: River has its first reinforcement for 2026 in a transfer window full of turmoil for the Núñez team. The Millonario has reached an agreement with Atlético Mineiro for the loan of Fausto Vera with a purchase option.

The 25-year-old central midfielder is already in Argentina and in the coming hours will undergo a medical examination. He will join River’s training sessions when the squad reconvenes on December 20. It’s worth noting that Gallardo has called up all his players to carry out the first part of preseason before the end of the year, and then continue with the longer phase in the early days of 2026.

Vera will be available to the coach and the River squad once he passes the medical and signs his contract, which will be a 12-month loan with a fee of $500,000 and a purchase option of $4 million for 100% of his rights.

Although the former Argentinos Juniors player had some good minutes at Mineiro, since Jorge Sampaoli took over as coach of the Brazilian side, he lost his spot as a starter and became increasingly sidelined. In fact, the former Argentina national team coach told him he would be starting from behind, so Vera decided to leave and return to Argentina to play for River.

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