Right-back Gonzalo Montiel travels to Spain this Thursday to join Sevilla, who will pay River 11 million euros and sign him for four seasons. Thus, the Argentine national team player will once again meet his teammates at Albiceleste Marcos Acuña, Lucas Ocampos and Erik Lamela, newcomers from Tottenham.
According to what was published by the Télam agency, from the Montiel environment, they assured that River will receive 8 million euros free of charge and will maintain a 15% gain in a future sale on the amount that Seville will pay to take advantage of the automatic clause.
The football player renewed the contract, which expired in June 2020, at the end of last year and after rejecting several offers. As part of the agreement, a reduction in the exit option was established that would allow them to emigrate in this pass market, as will happen now.
Montiel, 24, emerged from the youth football club Núñez and recently won the Argentine national team’s Copa América champion. The side of the game played his last match with the shirt of the “millonario” in the defeat by criminals against Boca for the Argentina Cup, on August 4, when he suffered a muscle strain that the dejobable from this night’s party against Atlético Mineiro for it Libertadores Cup.
“Cachete” Montiel made his debut in the First Division in the “Marcelo Gallardo era” in September 2016 as a centre-back and the following year consolidated as a right-back to be the undisputed starter with 139 games and half a dozen goals that the led to the national team.
The player won five national titles and three continental titles with River, and won the Copa América with the Argentine national team as a starter, in the final in which Albiceleste beat Brazil 1-0 with a goal by Ángel Di María.
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