Gattoni left out at River, Sevilla fear return trouble | OneFootball

Among the many departures expected at River after December, one that is already confirmed is that of Federico Gattoni. The defender will finish his 1-month loan and must return to Sevilla, where they are far from welcoming him with open arms.

The signing of the center-back, who came up through San Lorenzo, did not go well: he played just 7 matches and hasn’t seen any minutes since March, when he started in the victory against Ciudad de Bolívar in the Copa Argentina. Since the return from the Club World Cup, the player hasn’t been called up even once.

Gattoni has been completely sidelined in the coach’s plans, and his stay at the Núñez club was only due to financial reasons: it was cheaper to keep him until December than to end his loan on June 30. To make matters worse, in Spain they have already warned that his return will be a problem.

Gattoni will have no place at Sevilla Matías Almeyda’s Sevilla has lost more than it has won so far in LaLiga, and the return of River’s current defender is nothing but a headache. The Spanish club wants to have a good winter transfer window, but the Argentine center-back complicates their plans.

“We have been working for months on both the winter and next summer transfer markets. The problem is that we have 25 spots filled and, on top of that, Gattoni is coming back,” warned Antonio Cordón, the Andalusian club’s director of football, who added: “We have a roadmap we hope to follow, but players will have to leave for new signings to come in.”

The defender was bought at the beginning of 2023 and stayed on loan at San Lorenzo for another six months. After playing just 4 matches (126 minutes and one goal), he was loaned to Anderlecht. With only 10 appearances in Belgium, he returned and then moved to River, where he also failed to gain continuity.

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