The coach keeps River Plate in the forefront of South American football and has also closed fabulous sales.
Marcelo Gallardo y Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo, Monchiare two men who make a living from football, who know the environment in which they operate and who, moreover, share a common element when managing a team: recording million-dollar sales, driving clubs to reach their highest level and, in especially, leave a mark on his work, whether as a coach or as a manager.
El Muñeco is more than a coach for River Plate, where he has conquered 14 titles in the more than eight years he has been at the helm; Monchi is more than a sports director: he helped create a successful process with Sevilla and won the Europa League with the team from Seville.
The pandemic, inflation and instability facing the Argentine economy have not prevented River Plate from collecting millionaire sums of money in transfers. Although the board has a huge responsibility in management, Gallardo’s role has been fundamental.
From Funes Mori to Julián Álvarez
All money is a matter of belief, he said Adam Smith. In itself, River is a club that constantly applies the previous premise and based on blind faith in the figure of Gallardo, the hens They have achieved close to 260 million euros in player sales in the last eight years, repeating in some way the model that Monchi commands at Sánchez Pizjuán.
River Plate is one of the teams that European football managers target in each market. Lucas Alario (transferred to Bayer Leverkusen for 22 million euros), Lucas Martinez Quarta (transferred to Fiorentina for 15) or Ramiro Funes Mori (transferred to Everton for 14) are some of the names that have moved from El Monumental to the old continent.
Julian Alvarez it is the last important transfer for South America. He is a fundamental piece for the offensive system, at 22 years old he contributed 54 goals and 31 assists. Now, the extreme will play in the Manchester City and will share the attack with Erling Haaland y Riyad Mahrez.
“A Diamond in the Rough”
In the last days of the local tournament, River has not obtained the results that the fans expected. However, one of the characteristics that Gallardo has built is the ability to renew template and find solutions to the constant lows during each transfer window.
“It’s difficult because there is a team that made a great investment. They have a diamond in the rough. We are exporting countries. Many players have left us over this time and we have tried to survive to all those games”, he assured just a few weeks ago.
Álvarez’s departure to City, in exchange for 25 million euros, is River’s most expensive sale in the Gallardo era. Although the intention of River Plate is to close names that give an air to the squad, the complex reality of the Argentine economy has modified the roadmap. In this context, the coaching staff will have to juggle to find a new figure inside the quarry.
enviable figures
The transfer market is synonymous with collection for River, which has closed six of the ten sales most expensive in its history at the hands of its current technician. This is, in part, because Gallardo has held fast to the game system.
River has not changed the high pressure, the creation of options in the rival goal and the game “eye-appealing” that caught the attention of Florentino Perez. The president of Real Madrid “praised” River’s level in that Libertadores final at the Bernabéu and even left some praise for Juan FernandoQuintero, author of the goal that tipped the balance in favor of Gallardo’s men.
In short, El Muñeco is “more than a coach” in Núñez, the neighborhood that exerts a special magnetism on him and that has made him refuse, at some point, the national team bench. Nothing less.
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