Gallardo eyes young talent to challenge Acuña at River | OneFootball

While awaiting a response from Zenit regarding Román Vega, the Millonario has reached out to the entourage of the Bournemouth footballer, who has had very few minutes in this 2025.

River is moving intensely in the transfer market. At the request of Marcelo Gallardo, the management has already initiated several parallel negotiations and in the last few hours, they have added another name: Julio Soler. A substitute with almost no playing time at Bournemouth, those at Núñez have approached his entourage to find out if he is willing to return to Argentine football.

With the departure of Milton Casco, the Millonario has been left without a backup for Marcos Acuña, the undisputed starter. For this reason, negotiations have already begun with Zenit for a loan of Román Vega and, at the same time, they have now inquired about the current situation of the former Lanús player. For now, that's all, but they are hoping for a positive response.

At 20 years old, born in Asunción but with Argentine nationality and even call-ups to Lionel Scaloni’s national team, after 58 appearances, he left Lanús at the beginning of the year to join Bournemouth of the Premier League, in exchange for eight million euros. Since then, he has barely had any minutes on the field.

Since his arrival, Soler has only started in three matches: two in the FA Cup and the other in the English League Cup. In the Premier League, he has never started and has only come on as a substitute five times, totaling just 30 minutes on the pitch.

Given this scenario, at River they hope that the possibility of having more playing time and a more permanent showcase to dream of another call-up to Scaloni’s squad might entice him to push for an exit. In principle, as with the other negotiations, it would be a loan with an option or obligation to buy, but several details still need to be resolved before reaching that stage of negotiations.

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