Independiente club has finalized the sale of talented midfielder Rodrigo Atencio to Sport Recife of Brazil. With the money obtained from this operation, the team will acquire 50% of the rights to defender Franco Paredes, for whom they have already reached an agreement with River Plate.
After a convincing 5-2 victory over Defensor Sporting from Uruguay in a preseason friendly, where some of their reinforcements were presented, Independiente is preparing for the start of the Liga Profesional. The debut will be on Friday at 19:15 against Sarmiento de Junín.
The eighth reinforcement of the team led by Julio Vaccari will be central defender Franco Paredes, coming from Sarmiento de Junín. Paredes, 25 years old, has played 44 matches and scored three goals during his loan at Sarmiento. Despite his performance, River Plate has communicated that they will not consider him, which has facilitated his transfer to Independiente.
With the arrival of Lucas Martínez Quarta from Fiorentina, Marcelo Gallardo, River's coach, thinks that Paredes will have no place in the team. The defender will join Independiente's squad after the club acquired half of his registration for 500 thousand dollars and wrote off the debts owed to River from previous transfers.
Rodrigo Atencio, whose transfer represented an income of nearly 2 million dollars for 80% of his registration, was sold to Sport Recife. The news generated discontent among Independiente's members, who were expecting to see him in action and enjoy his talent on the team. Despite his desire to stay at the club, the player will travel to Brazil tonight.
Atencio's departure and Paredes' arrival are key movements in the restructuring of Independiente's squad, which aims to strengthen itself for the future challenges in the Liga Profesional and other competitions.
