De la Cruz: why is the extension of your contract in River delayed?

The end is getting closer and it is already written. The great protagonist of a story that has been going on for several months publicly set his position, ruled out that villains may appear to complicate the outcome and River put the sheet and the pen on one of the desks in the offices of the Monumental. Then why Nicholas of the Cross still not put the hook to seal the extension of his contract?

While the midfielder joined the concentration of Uruguay to play the friendlies of the FIFA date with the team of Diego Alonso -low weight for Marcelo Gallardo before Workshops and Board of Trustees, especially for their recent good performances-, the CARP leaders accelerate in the last details of the only renewal that remains pending, four before the end of their current relationship with the Núñez club.

With the verbal commitment that he will not leave with the pass in his possessionthe Uruguayan will sign the extension of his contract in the next few days, a period in which the last details will be defined: regarding the player, The term of the contract is being polished, since the player intends a link until December 2024 and the club, until the end of 2025.

In turn, just as President Jorge Brito whitewashed it, there are parallel negotiations with Liverpool of Uruguay to seal an agreement for the purchase of another percentage of the player’s economic rights (Currently the club owns 30%, which it acquired for US$4,000,000 in August 2017). The negotiations are being carried out “in very good terms” and from Núñez they assure that they are not far from the numbers.

After the three three positive meetings in Montevideo and also in Buenos Aires with Paco Casal, DLC agentRiver advances together with the parties involved and the camera is ready to portray the signature photo of the steering wheel, who was sworn in as an Argentine citizen and since August 24 stopped occupying a position as a foreigner.

In turn, in the negotiation with the Uruguayan team, it must also be resolved if the clause is maintained indicating that River will receive a minimum of US$9,421,000 if Nico was sold for less than US$22 million grossthe current starting price of 11, which is also likely to change in the new deal.