River held an event at the Monumental Stadium SUM this Friday afternoon to present their additions for 2022. With the presence of Marcelo Gallardo, Jorge Brito, Enzo Francescoli and Matías Patanian, the Millionaire welcomed the reinforcements and the players expressed their feelings for their first days at the club.
The Greatest closed the incorporation of seven reinforcements in a transfer market very fruitful from the beginning. With the intention of fighting on all fronts this year, the Doll asked to reinforce key positions and the leadership gave him the pleasure with the formation of a very competitive squad.
The arrival of the reinforcements deserved a presentation to match and this Friday a very special day was experienced with the footballers. Emanuel Mammana, Esequiel Barco, Juan Fernando QuinteroLeandro Gonzlez Pirez, Tomas Pochettino Y Elijah Gomez they said present with the absence of Marcelo Andres Herrera, who has not yet signed his contract.
“I wish the best to each one of them, that is what I told each of them, I hope it will be a good year for all of us. The formation of a great team puts us in the challenge of forming the best possible team with an operation that identifies us, we want to compete for all the challenges we have, that we have a good year ahead,” Gallardo said at the beginning of the presentation.
Quintero He also expressed himself about the expectations for the year that begins and his return to the club. “The expectations are high, we have a very promising year, a great team and great players. We know what River’s history is when he has the opportunity to fight, everything is given to fight for all the cups and I hope that we don’t quickly adapt to what is going to be the rhythm of the year,” said the scorer of the second goal in Madrid.
What’s more, Boat He also highlighted his happiness at having signed for the Millionaire and referred to his physical condition. “The other day I played 45 minutes and I felt very good physically, I hadn’t competed for a month and a half, this is step by step and enjoying day by day,” said the former Independiente.
For its part, Gonzalez Pirez He highlighted the changes he found in the institution on his return after eight years of military service in other teams and maintained: “I find a different club, very changed from the structure, also the mental structure of everything, of how you think. I was very happy, very excited, with an ultra mega competitive squad and it motivates me to be a better player, to be a better teammate, the mentality found in this team is totally different from my previous step. I was able to play again at the Monumental, I really enjoyed it and I felt like I made my debut in the First Division again. I am enjoying a new River, it grabs me with another experience, I am enjoying all this”.
Another footballer who returned as Mom He also referred to the state in which he found River and indicated the desire he had to be part of it again. “I enjoy this River that I saw a lot of time when I was outside, the desire of the team and the work made me want to return“, he expressed.
Finally, Elijah Gomez Y Thomas Pochettino shared their feelings of this step in their careers. For the former Argentines, “it’s crazy in a good way” what he is experiencing in his early days, while the former Talleres acknowledged that he did not hesitate when he received the proposal to reach the Greatest.
More statements in the presentation
Jorge Brito: “I hope you can adapt very well and we trust you a lot. It will be a year with a lot of competition and that is why from the leadership we made an important effort to have a competitive squad”.
Enzo Francescoli: “We are very happy, because the market is not easy for Argentine soccer. I think we have done what could really be done, it is the spirit of always going for more. Internal competition raises the bar a lot”
