GENERAL INTEREST
An important Portuguese outlet reported that the world champion central marker with the Argentine National Team will not continue in Benfica for the next season. In River they are excited.
Nicolás Otamendi is currently one of the best central markers in the world. His performance in the World Cup in Qatar with the Argentine National Team was consecration and together with Cristian Romero and Lisandro Martínez they were true walls in the conquest of the team led by Lionel Scaloni. Ota is captain of Benfica, but his contract with the Portuguese club ends in the middle of the year and everything indicates that he will not renew it.
In this way, the 35-year-old central marker will have the freedom to play where he wants. It is true that they want him at River and there have been talks for months, but apparently his wish would be to continue in European football in a team that is the protagonist. Surely there is no shortage of offers and most likely the dream of seeing the General with the Sacred Mantle is not possible.
Although Nicolás Otamendi emerged from Vélez footballingly, a few years ago he repeatedly expressed his love for River. Being a fan of the club does not oblige him at all to come to Argentina, change his lifestyle and earn much less money. It is logical that the fan is excited to see him in Núñez being directed by Martín Demichelis, with whom he shared a squad in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It is not that there is a refusal on the part of the footballer and we will have to see how the market develops.
What did O jogo publish?
O Jogo is a prestigious Portuguese portal and in the last few hours he told about the situation of Nicolás Otamendi: “The 35-year-old central defender ends his contract at the end of June and has invitations with a significant economic weight that he values, although the truth is that despite not having yet agreed to any insignia, in Luz the departure of the one who is already taken for granted, the current captain of the eagles. By the way, River Plate was interested in promoting the return of the world champion to Argentina, but it has already been reported that he intends to stay in Europe and in a top team, and everything is going in that direction, in such a way that only some unforeseen event could change this plan”.
2023-05-17 20:44:01
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