River’s plan to sign new players after the transfer window shuts | OneFootball

Since the transfer of the youth player to Uruguay will be made official on January 28, a day after the transfer window closes, the club will be allowed to fill that spot until March 31. If an opportunity arises, Gallardo will look to add a forward or an attacking midfielder.

Quietly, without fanfare and with the Torneo Apertura already underway, River is keeping an ace up its sleeve in case the transfer market presents an irresistible opportunity. Although Tuesday, January 27 will be the last day to sign reinforcements, the management has devised a strategy—already common in Argentine football—to extend their room to maneuver: Lisandro Bajú will be loaned to Montevideo Wanderers once the transfer window closes.

As the regulations state, if a player is sold or loaned abroad after the deadline, the club is automatically allowed to bring in a new face until March 31. In other words, an extra window opens to cover that departure with an extension of the deadlines.

This plan is activated with the departure of Bajú, a 20-year-old left back from the Reserve team, whose transfer to Uruguay will be made official on January 28 and will give Marcelo Gallardo the breathing room to go after a forward or an attacking midfielder, the positions currently seen as priorities. Of course, as this outlet has reported, they will only move forward if a name appears that is appealing both in terms of characteristics and price.

The regulations state that the transferred player must have a professional contract registered with the AFA and must have appeared on the team sheet in at least 25% of the matches between the 2025 Torneo Clausura and the current 2026 Apertura, whether in the First Team or the Reserve. Bajú meets this requirement in the Reserve: he played 33 matches during 2025.

River was unable to close deals for some of the names that had been top priorities, such as Maher Carrizo, Gianluca Prestianni, and Jhohan Romaña, despite having made inquiries at different times during the market and generating expectations in Núñez. However, the team already has the additions of Fausto Vera, Aníbal Moreno, and Matías Viña, three players Gallardo values to strengthen the squad, and the management is confident that having this regulatory tool to extend the possibility of signing until March will give them greater flexibility.

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