Marcelo Gallardo announced that he will not extend his contract with River and for this reason in 2023 he will not be sitting on the substitute bench where he was for eight and a half years and in which he achieved historic achievements that will remain for life. The leadership is working to find his successor and it is not yet known who he will be, although the one who is itching is Martín Demichelis.
Be it Demichelis or another coach, whoever arrives knows very well that he will have a great squad to work with. The intention of the leadership is to touch as little as possible and hire only what is necessary, it should be noted that in 2022 a significant number of soccer players arrived and that many of them have already gone through the classic adaptation period, so it is expected that in 2023 they will explode.
The first thing that the leadership must solve and what it is already working on is extending the contracts of some important soccer players and the expectations are positive: Quintero has already made it clear that his priority is to renew with River and in Núñez the desire is to have the Colombianfor that they will have to pay about 2.5 million dollars to buy 50% of their pass or they can buy the whole for 4 million dollars.
On the other hand, there will be no problem for the same thing to happen with Emanuel Mammana, the figure did not come out, but River wants to continue having the central marker -of a very good 2022- and the footballer wants to continue in the Greatest. Another renovation that has been worked on for a long time is that of Nicolás De La Cruzapparently in the next few days it will take place, the Millionaire’s intention is to buy a percentage from Liverpool (which currently has 70%).
The other two footballers who have a contract with River until the end of 2022 are two absolute references: Jonatan Maidana and Javier Pinola. The leadership will leave the renewal in the hands of the players, everything indicates that Joni will continue on the squad in 2023, for his part Javier Pinola could leave the professional activity and join the coaching staff of Martín Demichelis, in case Micho is chosen to succeed to the doll.
In relation to those who could leave, Tomás Pochettino appears on the list. The midfielder came from Austin FC on loan for a year and his performance was far from what was expected, so River will not use the purchase option. Another that Núñez would leave would be José Paradela, the left-handed midfielder did not have a good 2022 either and would seek to go out on loan to regain confidence. Another footballer who would seek to go out on loan to add filming would be Franco Petroli.
Matías Suárez could also leave Núñez and it would not be due to poor performance, it is that Belgrano – the club in which he started – wants him for his return to the First Division and if the soccer player tells the leaders that he wants to continue his career at Pirata, that will be the case, although at River they want him to stay since he is one of the important pieces of the offense.
Students for their part sounded out Enzo Pérez, but everything indicates that Mendocino will be one of the fundamental pieces of River 2023at the time he had said that once he leaves Núñez his destiny would be Deportivo Maipú de Mendoza.
Regarding the players who must return from their loans, the vast majority will not be taken into account and will probably be loaned again or look for an exit. In total there are eleven players who would return from their assignments: August Batalla, Alex Vigo, Thomas Lecanda, August Aguirre, Thomas Gutierrez, Elias Lopez, Thomas Castro Ponce, Thomas Galvan, Hernan Lopez Munoz, Matthias Benitez, Agustin Fontana.
Of the current Reserve squad there are three footballers who could be considered to go up to First Division in 2023. All three have offensive characteristics and they are Joaquín Panichelli (who has yet to sign his first professional contract), Franco Alfonso and Flabian Londoño Bedoya.
This is how River’s squad would look in 2023
Archers: Franco Armani, Ezequiel Centurion, Leo Diaz. Petroli would go on loan
Defenders: Andrés Herrera, Milton Casco, Robert Rojas, Paulo Díaz, Emanuel Mammana, Jonatan Maidana, David Martínez, Leandro González Pirez.
Midfielders: Enzo Perez, Bruno Zuculini, Philippe Peña, Nicolas De La Cruz, Augustine Palavecino, Rodrigo Aliendro, James Simon, Juanfer Quintero, Ezequiel Barco. Paradela would go on loan.
Forwards: Miguel Ángel Borja, Matías Suárez, Lucas Beltrán, Pablo Solari.
Those who would rise from Reserve: Franco Alfonso, Joaquín Panichelli and Flabian Londoño.
Those who return from their loans: August Battle, Alex Vigo, Thomas Lecanda, August Aguirre, Thomas Gutierrez, Elias Lopez, Thomas Castro Ponce, Thomas Galvan, Hernan Lopez Munoz, Matthias Benitez, Augustin Fontana.
