🤝 Deal agreed: Lucas Cepeda set for River Plate move | OneFootball

The 22-year-old Chilean footballer is close to joining River Plate to strengthen Marcelo Gallardo's squad for the second half of the year.

River Plate is not wasting time in the transfer market. After selling Franco Mastantuono to Real Madrid, River Plate starts to invest the fresh money in new faces to join the first team's training as soon as possible.

According to journalist Germán Garcia Grova, a specialist in the transfer market, River verbally agreed on the signing of Chilean Lucas Cepeda and has sent a formal proposal to Colo Colo to buy 70% of his pass.

Cepeda, 22 years old, would arrive in Núñez in exchange for 4.5 million dollars. Colo Colo would conditionally retain a percentage for a future sale, but would release the young striker immediately.

Lucas Cepeda is making a leap from Argentine football after playing 56 matches with the Colo Colo jersey, where he has scored a total of 13 goals and six assists. Meanwhile, he has already represented the Chilean national team in seven matches, in which he stood out with three goals and two assists.

The departure of Paraguayan Adam Bareiro to Fortaleza freed up a foreigner slot and Gallardo has chosen Lucas Cepeda as a priority reinforcement for this transfer window. The other new face will be Maximiliano Salas, who has to resolve his departure from Racing.

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