River confirms exact fee received from Real Madrid for Mastantuono | OneFootball

While the youngster looks to regain ground at Real Madrid, River Plate made the figures of his transfer official in August 2025.

Last August, River wrote a new chapter in the history books by completing the most expensive sale in Argentine football with the transfer of Franco Mastantuono to Real Madrid. Now, while the forward tries to find his footing in Europe, his name once again echoed through the halls of the Monumental after River’s Board of Directors approved the club’s 2025 financial statement.

The report, which will be presented to club members in April, showed a surplus of more than 38 million dollars. And a large part of those positive figures can be attributed to the departure of the Azul native. When the Spanish club activated his release clause, the youngster brought the institution a total of 45 million euros net.

However, the documents revealed an extra detail regarding the overall figure of the deal. Adding the amounts corresponding to tax matters, administrative charges, and legal percentages, the financial statement details that “as of December 31, 2025, the Association records a gross positive result of $70,621,261,690” (Argentine pesos) from the player’s registration rights.

The precedent set by Mastantuono’s departure

Although the financial impact was outstanding for the club’s coffers, River ended up suffering Franco’s departure on the sporting side by losing a key piece of the team. That is why, in order to avoid talents leaving without any negotiations involved, the club’s leadership decided to protect its players with 100-million-euro release clauses, applicable to youth players signing their first contract and to reinforcements with high resale value.

As for Mastantuono, his present since arriving in the Old Continent has been marked by ups and downs. So far this season, he has played 27 matches, starting in 15 of them (he completed the full 90 minutes only once), contributing three goals and one assist. However, he has not played any minutes for a month now, since being shown a red card against Getafe for dissent. In the middle of that inactivity,

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