River step up move for Uruguayan midfielder Mauro Arambarri | OneFootball

Mauro Arambarri, a key Getafe player, could become River’s new signing at Chacho’s explicit request.

Eduardo Coudet took over as River’s head coach at the beginning of 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 spell.

With the need to look for reinforcements ahead of next semester, when the transfer window opens again, the coach has several targets in mind. For the attack, the one who is close is Giovanni Simeone, who could return from Italy after a decade. In midfield, the target is a foreign player who currently plays for Getafe.

Specifically, the midfielder River are making a move for is Mauro Arambarri. The 30-year-old Uruguayan is one of the standout players in José Bordalás’s team, which currently sits sixth in LaLiga, and Coudet knows him from facing him when he was managing Celta and Alavés.

Arambarri was born in Salto, came through the youth ranks at Defensor Sporting, and had spells with Bordeaux and Boston River before settling 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, having already spoken with the player, River have already made a verbal offer both for the player and to 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.

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

Mauro Arambarri’s numbers at Getafe

Since arriving in 2018, the Uruguayan midfielder has played a total of 261 matches, in which he scored 22 goals, provided 14 assists, received 74 yellow cards, and 3 red cards. He has also played 12 matches for the Uruguay national team, but he is not being considered by Marcelo Bielsa.

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