River
advanced in the renewal of
Franco Mastantuono
.
There is a principle of agreement between the leadership and the representative of the 16-year-old youth to extend the contract and raise the termination clause, which would be 45 million euros (and in case he leaves 10 days before the end of a transfer market, it becomes 50 million), that is, the highest in Argentine football.
The signing will take place this week and the contract will be extended until December 2026 (it expired at the end of 2025).
This situation occurs to once again shield the boy from Azul and
avoid an early sale like the one that occurred with Diablito Echeverri
.
Important clubs from abroad, such as Barcelona, had also already set their sights on Mastantuono.
For this reason, the informal talks between the leaders and the player's agent, Walter Tamer (the same as Javier Mascherano), became more formal from the beginning of the year and in the coming days, they would be signed with the long-awaited photo with the shirt and the pen.
Mastantuono already made his debut in the First Division, scored a goal and is the new jewel of the club.
It is worth 45 green sticks, it is called Mastantuono.
His football qualities seem tailor-made for the River Plate school: left-footed, trained as a classic hitter but with technical and tactical versatility to move as a midfielder or in different positions in the middle, a dribbler and with a formidable punch.
That's why, despite not being a forward, he was always the top scorer in 2007.
In Seventh, the left-hander exploded
.
And he was the captain of his division.
Immediately, he moved to the Fifth and even faster, he made the jump to the professional squad to join Demichelis' preseason, months after having signed his first professional contract, which has a clause of 30 million euros, which will now be increased .
The signing took place last year, in the week of his birthday, which is August 14.
Mastantuono, who has Messi as an idol and admires Nacho Fernández, quickly begins to succeed in soccer, the sport he chose, after shining with the racket and the yellow ball playing tennis, where he became the best child player in the world. country.