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After the operation and the eight nails, Lucas Pratto must return yes or yes to River while Feyenoord covers his recovery

2021-05-13T13:53:31.003Z


Marcelo Gallardo had already decided not to take it into account when he returned from Rotterdam. But the serious injury, which will have him up to five months without playing, changed the scenario.


Maximiliano benozzi

05/10/2021 12:24 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 05/10/2021 12:30 PM

Marcelo Gallardo

had already made a decision

. The River coach was not going to count on Lucas Pratto anymore. And that determination could generate a conflict between the leadership of the Núñez club and the player's environment, who was not willing to accept that they give him a free pass when the forward still has one more year of contract in the institution. However, the severe injury to the

Bear

in the game that

Feyenoord

of the Netherlands, the club to which he was on loan, fell by a landslide against Ajax changed the scene.

After

the eight nails that had to be put in to hold the

injured

bone

(the fibula of the right leg was displaced) in the surgical intervention that they already carried out in the Netherlands, Lucas Pratto has a certainty: on July 1, after If the loan with Feyenoord ends, he will have to return to River.

In Buenos Aires, Pratto will continue the recovery that can take up to five months.

And while European legislation does not indicate that the club that has a player on loan has to maintain rehabilitation once his contract expires, Feyenoord will still take care of the forward who will turn 33 on June 4.

What is the reason?

In the contract that River and Feyenoord signed,

a clause

was placed

that provides for medical insurance

.

That is, the Rotterdam club will have to pay for the costs of the recovery and the striker's salary until he receives medical discharge and is rehabilitated to go out on the pitch again.

"Lucas has already undergone surgery and is very sore. They placed eight screws. And his recovery will require between three and five months," confirmed Pratto's representative, Gustavo Goñi, to TyC Sports.

And he added: "In Europe, I understand that contracts are not renewed due to injury." 


Then, before the end of the year, according to the established deadlines, Pratto will analyze options to continue with his career, which reached the maximum peak when he scored two goals (one in each game) in the 2018 Copa Libertadores finals against Boca.

The moment of Pratto's injury.

Photo: EFE / EPA / TOM BODE MULTIMEDIA

After that historic episode, the

Bear

remained in good shape for six more months.

It was even key for River to win the Recopa Sudamericana from Athlético Paranaense but in that final he suffered a sacral injury.

He could not have a good preseason and his level declined.

He lost ground and began to add more minutes on the substitute bench than on the court.

At the end of last year he had the opportunity to return to European football and he did not hesitate.

He grabbed the suitcases and left.

In the bosom of the coaching staff, Pratto's decision did not fall too well because definitions were coming both in the Libertadores and in the Maradona Cup.

He left just a few days after River played Boca.

And although the loan was free of charge and without a purchase option, for the leaders (said by themselves) it represented

a financial relief

because they would stop paying

the highest contract on the campus

.

Some even felt reassured knowing that Gallardo was no longer going to count on him.

The plugs dig into the grass and the ankle gives way.

All pain for Pratto.

Photo: TV capture

All those leaks and rumors that were generated had fallen very badly in the player's environment

. It is that from the side of Pratto they maintained that there was ingratitude towards him. Not only because of what he gave in sports, but also because they consider that

"he behaved like a gentleman

.

"

They also made reference to the fact that he was sympathetic to the debt they had with him, even having lost money due to late payments and the constant devaluation of the dollar in recent years.

Regardless of these issues, what matters now is Pratto's recovery. And both his environment and the River leadership will have to talk and negotiate again for when he completes the recovery and Feyenoord is no longer there to take charge of the situation of the forward who with his goals made the

Millionaire

fans happy

Source: clarin

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