Maxi López on Icardi to River: Anyone who wants to come, let them | OneFootball

The former Millonario footballer was blunt when it came to endorsing the possibility of the striker joining the Millonario in July.

In the final days of the transfer window, following the arrival of Eduardo Coudet as the new coach, rumors began to surface that River would be interested in signing Mauro Icardi in June, as he will be a free agent after not renewing his contract with Galatasaray of Turkey.

Regarding these rumors, former Millonario striker and Icardi’s teammate in Italy, Maxi López, was asked about the situation on the program ‘Cortá por Lozano’, where he endorsed the player’s arrival despite the tense relationship between the two due to past conflicts.

“As long as he scores goals for River, anyone who wants to come, can come,” were López’s words to emphasize that what matters is Icardi’s performance on the field, thus leaving aside the personal issues they had several years ago.

Beyond López’s endorsement of Icardi’s potential arrival at River, the truth is that the Millonario has not made any moves yet to sign him. So much so that Enzo Francescoli took it upon himself to dispel these rumors. “I never talked about Icardi, and I know that in the whole group working with River’s football, it has never been discussed so far, so it’s a subject I know nothing about,” he said.

One thing to keep in mind is that the striker will be a free agent in just over three months, which means he is already able to negotiate directly with any club to sign a pre-contract and thus join as a reinforcement starting July 1st.

Mauro Icardi’s numbers at Galatasaray

Since his arrival at the Turkish club in mid-2023, the 33-year-old Argentine striker has played a total of 124 matches, in which he scored 76 goals and provided 24 assists. In addition, he received 9 yellow cards and was not sent off in 8,669 minutes on the pitch. As for his honors, he won five domestic titles.

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