Official – Inter Milan Sell Ex-Boca Juniors Striker To River Plate For €5M | OneFootball

Inter Milan have completed the sale of striker Facundo Colidio to River Plate.

The Argentine giants have confirmed their purchase of the 23-year-old on a permanent deal, with the fee being around €5 million.

This summer, Colidio retunred to Inter after a loan spell at Tigre since January of 2022.

The Argentine, who joined Inter from Boca Juniors in 2017, returned to his home country after a tough period in European football.

Colidio reignited his career during his loan spell with Tigre. There, he formed a strong partnership in attack with Mateo Retegui.

This led to interest from a number of the country’s biggest clubs in signing him.

Meanwhile, Mexican team Toluca also reportedly showed an interest in signing the Argentine striker.

River Plate Win The Race For Facundo Colidio’s Signature

The race for Colidio’s signature came down to Argentina’s two biggest clubs, River Plate and Boca Juniors in the end.

Whilst Boca attempted to bring Colidio back from Inter by negotiating with the Nerazzurri, their arch-rivals River pursued talks with the player directly.

In the end, it was River whose strategy prevailed. They convinced Colidio on a deal, and then did the same with Inter.

Colidio now signs with River until the end of December 2026.

River will reportedly pay Inter a fee of around €5 million for the 23-year-old. Moreover, Colidio’s contract with the Buenos Aires giants will have a release clause of €25 million, which could rise to €30 million.

Since joining Inter from Boca, Colidio never quite found form.

Colidio had a promising spell on loan at Sint-Truiden in the Belgian top flight between 2019 and 2021. However, during the summer transfer window of 2021 things did not work out for the young striker.

Colidio had appeared to be close to a loan move to Austria Vienna for the 2021-22 season. However, that move fell apart close to deadline day.

There was not time enough to locate a different loan club for Colidio before the end of the window.

But a return to his home country proved just the thing that Colidio needed to reignite his career. And now, he has left the Nerazzurri for one of Argentine football’s biggest clubs.