Rodrigo Villagra set for Internacional move, River to pocket a fee | OneFootball

Rodrigo Villagra's career continues to take unexpected turns. The midfielder for whom River paid more than 10 million dollars, but who never managed to settle and in 2025 moved to Russia after the scandal with Foster Gillett, is close to leaving CSKA Moscow and becoming a new player for Internacional de Porto Alegre. If the deal goes through, the Millionaire will receive a significant sum of money, as they retain 50% of his transfer rights.

The 24-year-old midfielder is looking to get his football career back on track after a forgettable 2025, during which he trained separately for several weeks following the incomplete purchase by the businessman allied with Estudiantes. Finally, those in Núñez had to negotiate directly with the Russian club to unlock his departure and finalize the transfer.

Due to the lack of continuity after several months without competing, a knee injury, and the little momentum with which he arrived, Villagra played only 11 matches in more than half a year with the CSKA jersey. Therefore, with the firm emergence of Inter as a concrete possibility to relaunch his career, the player gave the go-ahead and negotiations advanced quickly.

How does this affect River? The deal still needs to finalize some details, but it is on track under the modality of a loan until December of this year, with a purchase option of 4.6 million dollars for 100% of the transfer rights.

If executed, the Millionaire would receive 2.3 million dollars, corresponding to their half of the transfer rights, and in this way, Villagra would definitively cease to belong to the Núñez club, where he arrived as a promise and only played 36 matches without being able to show his best version.

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