River tell 5 players they're not in the plans and must seek offers | OneFootball

Coudet has begun cleaning up the squad, and there are already five players who will be left out of preseason.

After losing the Torneo Apertura final and qualifying for the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana, the River board, together with head coach Eduardo Coudet, are working in the transfer market in search of a major squad overhaul, with a significant number of player departures and high-profile arrivals.

As Stefano Di Carlo stated in an interview with ESPN, approximately 15 players could leave in this transfer window. On that list are five big names who were part of the squad in the first half of the year and will not be for the second half of the season.

Pablo Longoria, sporting director of Millonario, informed Maximiliano Salas, Kevin Castaño, Paulo Díaz, Giuliano Galoppo and Matías Galarza Fonda that they are not in the club’s plans, so they will have to look for offers to continue their careers away from the club.

As a result, the five players will be sidelined from the squad and will not travel to Spain for preseason. Meanwhile, they will remain training in Buenos Aires while waiting for the chance to move on ahead of the second half of the football year.

If no offers come in that meet the players’ needs, Millonario will have no problem sitting down to negotiate some contract terminations. In other cases, they could agree to sell them for a lower fee than what they invested to acquire their rights.

With that in mind, negotiations over the departure of these five players will begin in the coming weeks. In addition, others on Coudet’s expendables list will be added, and they could leave if an offer arrives that meets the club’s demands.

The reason for this is that River are looking to reduce the wage bill so they can reinvest that money in high-level players the club already has on its radar. With Otamendi confirmed as the first signing, talks are progressing for Mauro Arambarri to arrive in the coming days.

Bustos, Lencina and Subiabre could also leave

Along the same lines, the three players who are usually backups under Coudet and who have fallen down the pecking order could leave in the next transfer window if offers arrive, whether for a sale or a loan.

In Lencina’s case, he already has an offer on the table from Portugal’s Sporting Braga, who want to sign him on a one-season loan with a purchase option. For now, negotiations have not progressed toward a successful conclusion.

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