He trained at River, faced the fans and now confesses that Marcelo Gallardo called him to return to the club

For many years, especially during the governments of José María Aguilar and Daniel Alberto Passarella, River had extremely irregular management – which ended up in court – but also significant mistreatment of important players in the club. Gastón Fernández, popularly known as La Gata, trained at Millonario, there he made his debut in Primera and was champion, but he was also a victim of the terrible leadership who managed the destinies of one of the most important clubs in South America for twelve years.

Years passed and Gastón Fernández channeled his anger with some leaders in a bad way and in repeated statements he had an unexpected treatment that made some of the fans angry. Probably the most controversial statement was when he said that he would have liked to play in Boca, something that ended up burying his bond with River fans, who did not take those sayings well at all.

Currently, Gastón Fernández is dedicated to representing players and had the opportunity to return to the Monumental Stadium, without having problems with the fans, but probably with a bittersweet feeling for him. That is why this Tuesday, through his Instagram account, he spoke about it. In addition, he also confirmed that in 2014 Marcelo Gallardo called him to return to the club, but that he declined the offer because he was in Estudiantes de La Plata, a club in which he became a symbol.

Gastón Fernández in the Monumental. (Photo: @gatafernandez10).

Gastón Fernández’s message on Instagram

“I was born here, I remember the year 1996 when I stepped onto the lawn of the Monumental for the first time, I looked at my mother; I tore up a piece of grass and we kept it for years in a transparent bag. That day we signed to be a River Plate player, the dream for any boy and a dream come true for me. Actually also from my old man, a River fan from birth. Then came my youth stage, until I reached the first team. I had to go out on loan to Racing Club and return to time with more games and with a little more filming. In memory of that magical afternoon of the goal against Boca.

River beat Boca 2-0 in the 2004 Apertura and one of the goals was from La Gata. (Photo: La Página Millionaire Archive).

I was left with that pending account due to my impulsive and impatient way of being that did not allow me to fight and wait. Along the way, some characters that stained the giant and successful history that River Plate has made me angry, I felt hurt, some statements without a cassette and aimed at specific people led me to move further and further away from the affection that they had given me as a child. , I didn’t understand it! For years I let those people make me lose the value that the institution had for me, they raised me, educated me and gave me the best years of youth soccer and finally they fulfilled my dream of being a professional player.

Then came that day when I was able to return to Marcelo, the doll was my partner, someone who marked the beginning of my career, who told me this is where I was, but at that moment I couldn’t betray my heart, my people, the club that had me. had adopted; my dear Students of La Plata. Although that call in 2014 helped me heal my own anger.it is impossible today at this point in my life not to enter the Monumental and have millions of images and memories come to me because I grew up, trained and fulfilled my dream.
Thank you very much River Plate for letting me feel and remember part of my life again!”