River and the millions for Enzo Fernández: from Otamendi to Lanzini, what are the 'fan' players he will look for in June

River

allows himself to dream.

The enthusiasm for the good start of the era of

, added to an economy that increases his coffers, makes the illusion of fighting again for all the titles stand.

And more: they are already thinking of a soccer project to be able to compete with the Brazilian teams for the Copa Libertadores.

In River the accounts are clear.

With the

mega-project practically all self-financed with genuine income, the million-dollar sale of

generates a stimulus for

.

And although the money (of the 50 million euros between the sale to Benfica and 25% of the transfer from the Portuguese club to Chelsea, River will have about 40 million clean euros left) for the sale of Enzo Fernández will enter in installments And in a period of five years from now, as confirmed by the leadership, that economic ceiling added to an orderly economy, allows us to dream of a high-ranking team.

Although the transfer market this summer, which closed on Thursday, has been very good for River and Demichelis has described it as "the best in Argentine soccer", in Núñez they will soon begin to work on the next window of reinforcements, that of midyear.

And for that moment -as this newspaper was able to learn- there are four latent desires:

Ramiro Funes Mori, one of the symbols of the golden cycle of Marcelo Gallardo.

Photo: AFP PHOTO/CHARLY DIAZ

Otamendi is no longer a secret.

Different actors from the River Plate planet have made public their hope that the defending world champion and well-known River fan will wear the red band starting in July, after he ends his contract with Benfica.

First it was Demichelis, when he said: "Nico, I'm talking to you. I want you to be

and come fulfill your dream of playing for River so that all Argentine football honors you. At 34 years old, you are one of the best defenders of the World Cup”.

Later,

, who said: "I hope that everyone who wants to return will come back and there is someone who came out as a world champion who is always there, so hopefully he will come too, we are waiting for him".

File photo.

A birthday cake for Nicolás Otamendi with the River logo.

And a few days ago, also

.

"Hopefully we can have Otamendi here, he is a player with a great career, experience, hierarchy.

Hopefully in the middle of the year he will come to River.

We

with open arms as we do with all the players who come to the institution.

God wants it to happen because having a player of that magnitude here with us would be spectacular", said the World Champion goalkeeper, "Ota's" teammate in the National Team.

The contacts are

There are public and private messages.

The president of River,

, admitted that they will try to go after him.

"Otamendi has a contract with

and when the time comes we will try to talk to him. It would be very important to have a player of his hierarchy," said the head of the Núñez club.

And not only with Otamendi there are contacts and messages.

There is an idea that is already a State policy in River, which is to

or who had an important step, as happened in this market with

and Nacho Fernández.

So, on the horizon three names emerged from the club's quarry appear, who in the middle of the year will be left with the pass in their possession.

One of them is

, who is expected to return to be the guardian of the left zone of the defense.

In this last market, River finally gave up going for a second central marker, since they reported that the squad was fine like this, but for the second semester they would seek to have the return of the Twin, who made his debut in the First Division with Matías Almeyda in 2011 and He became a starter and figure with Marcelo Gallardo.

Ramiro is at Cruz Azul in Mexico, but his contract expires in the middle of the year.

Another footballer who has been sounding like a possible reinforcement for some time is

.

The Tucuman, today in Udinese of Italy (he also went through Juventus and Watford of England), will also keep the pass in his power in June.

And in Núñez they want to count on his return.

Roberto Pereyra lived through the toughest period for River and was sold to Europe, where he finished showing that he was an elite player.

Photo: REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian.

Pereyra emerged from the club, but did not have time to explode as he was quickly sold after he had to play in a very difficult context, in the 2010-2011 season, when River was downgraded.

And the remaining player is perhaps one of the most difficult figures.

This is

, who has also been talked about for a while about a possible return, but more illusory, not only by the club, but also by the player and his family, all River fans.

Lanzini left River at just 21 years old in 2014. He was champion with

's team and came to play the first official match (against Ferro in Salta for the Argentine Cup) of Gallardo's cycle and was later transferred to Al-Jazira from the United Arab Emirates and from there he made the leap to West Ham United in England, where he currently remains.

Manuel Lanzini, a hitch like before.

Photo: REUTERS/Tony Obrien.

The four footballers, Otamendi, Funes Mori, Pereyra and Lanzini share a common fanaticism for River.

Three of them (except Otamendi) emerged from the Núñez quarry.

One of them -“Ota”- is from Selection.

And the other three also wore the Argentine shirt: Ramiro participated in the stages of "Tata" Martino and Edgardo Bauza;

“Tucu” also with Martino and Manu, with Jorge Sampaoli (he had called him up for the World Cup in Russia, but a ligament injury in his right knee left him out) and some friendlies with Lionel Scaloni.

Now, River dreams of them.

And he will seek to have them in the middle of the year to form a first level team with a lot of hierarchy.

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