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Taty Castellanos recalled the proposal she received from River a year ago and regretted that the negotiations with the Millionaire did not come to fruition.
It was the novel through the summer and much of the fall of 2022. While River closed with the City Group the sale of Julián Álvarez in a figure that exceeded 20 million euros, at the same time it sought to reinforce its squad with a striker of international hierarchy to aim with everything for the Copa Libertadores. And that’s when the name of Valentín Castellanos, figure and scorer with the New York City shirt in the MLS, arose.
The negotiations lasted long months and the illusion of Mundo River grew every time the footballer himself spoke. Taty Castellanos did not hide his desire to play for River and the desire to be managed by Marcelo Gallardo. From his place, mainly in the media, he pushed to unblock an operation that ended up being cut short for the clean 15 million dollars that NYC requested. And the Doll himself used all his power of seduction to convince the footballer.
Almost a year later, the Argentine striker is on loan in Girona, completing his first experience in European football. From a distance, he remembered that negotiation between River and New York City and regretted that it did not come to fruition: “It was very close to it happening, it was a very nice illusion, it was Gallardo’s River. It’s a little thorn that stayed with me”, expressed the attacker in dialogue with Olé. A new testimony that shows that he was one step away from putting on the Sacred Mantle.
