08/04/2023 11:41 p.m. Updated to 08/04/2023 11:58 p.m.
Neither Cruzeiro nor Botafogo. Nor to a Racing that in the last business hours of the week joined as an interested party: Nicolás Fonseca will be a River player. The talks, which were already well advanced, prospered to such an extent that the president of the football department of Montevideo Wanderers the one that confirmed the signing of the 24-year-old midfielder who will join the club in December.
“Nicolás Fonseca is in Argentina to sign with River. The pre-agreement is closed. His father has been in Argentina for a week, closing the operation ”stated Enrique Belo, a Uruguayan manager, in dialogue with AM 910. Thus certifying a short-term agreement for a transfer that would not become effective now but at the end of the year, as was projected at the time of initiating negotiations.
The Fonseca case exemplifies what Jorge Brito recognized as “anticipated plays to situations of footballers who can emigrate”. The River leadership understands that sooner rather than later Enzo Pérez will leave the institution and that is why they began to think about the succession for a position in which behind the captain are Matías Kranevitter -little by little he is picking up the rhythm of official matches after his fibula fracture- and Bruno Zuculini, who is evolving from a torn ligament in the left knee of which he has not yet received a medical discharge.
Nicolás Fonseca had a great performance in Wanderers. (IG)
This is how Fonseca plays, the Uruguayan promise that is one step away from River
It is there where he begins to carve Nico’s plan. A mixed central midfielder, cutting and distributing from whom River will buy a part of the card (Wanderers, where he arrived this year, has 30%) and who comes from playing 19 games in the Uruguayan tournament: there, in addition to scoring a goal against Peñarol, he invited another two assists. “Fonseca has Redondo things, such as the exquisiteness of the game and handling. He captivated us from the first or second game he played,” Belo said.
But the profile of NF also seduced by projection -he is considered one of the great football appearances of his country- and there is also an incentive that carves when talking: his father maintains a close relationship with Enzo Francescoli. Without going any further, Daniel -his father and representative, who had a fleeting spell at River in 2002- was visiting the Monumental on July 28 witnessing the game of the last date of the Professional League, and who is accompanying the footballer, who waits to put the signature.
Thus, the year will end with the Uruguayan joining the club as part of a long-term plan that will reinforce a position that would have no less than the captain. The situation motivated a plan. And this one is very close to being completed.
Fonseca during his time at River de Uruguay. (AP)
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