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A world champion changes teams

GERONIMO RULLI was transferred today by Villarreal of Spain to Ajax of the Netherlands in exchange for 7,500,000 euros plus another 5,000,000 for goals.

The 30-year-old from La Plata is the first of the 26 Argentine world champions to be transferred in this European winter marketalthough together with his River Plate colleague, Franco Armani, they were the only two who did not see action in the Argentine team.

Rulli kisses the World Cup.

In Ajax the gatekeeper emerged in Students from La Plata (you will have 500 thousand euros left for this transfer), he will meet again with who was also his partner in some appointments of the Argentine national team, such as the external midfielder Lucas Ocampos.

after being He appears in the Europa League first (he was champion in 2021) and the Champions League later (he reached the semifinals) with the Valencian club, which earned him a place among those summoned by Lionel Scaloni to the Qatari World Cup, now Rulli is taking a step towards a larger club like Ajax compared to Villarreal, but to compete in a lower category league like the Dutch compared to the Spanish.

His numbers at Villarreal were very good, since he played exactly 80 games with the aforementioned achievements.

COVER PHOTO: JEAN CATUFFE / DPPI via AFP

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