River tell 5 players they're surplus to requirements, seek offers | OneFootball

Coudet has begun clearing out 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 Copa Sudamericana round of 16, 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 the arrival of top-level reinforcements.

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

Pablo Longoria, Millonario’s sporting director, informed Maximiliano Salas, Kevin Castaño, Paulo Díaz, Giuliano Galoppo and Matías Galarza Fonda that they will not be taken into account, 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 a change of scenery ahead of the second half of the football year.

If no offers arrive that meet the players’ needs, Millonario will have no problem sitting down to negotiate some contract terminations. In other cases, they could accept selling them for a lower amount than what they invested to sign them.

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

The reason for this is that River are looking to lower the wage bill so they can reinvest that money in top-level players the club already has on its shortlist. With Otamendi confirmed as the first signing, talks are moving forward 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 regular backups for Coudet and have lost ground in his plans could leave in the next transfer window if offers come in, 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 bring him in on a one-season loan with an option to buy. For now, negotiations have not progressed toward a successful conclusion.

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