Adidas launched a special edition 110th Anniversary jersey which will be worn against Deportivo Merlo on September 17th.
Needless to say, as happens with any new River jersey, the stores couldn’t keep up with demand as fans were desperate to get their hands on this commemorative shirt. The design is inspired by the first shirt River wore back in 1901. Click here to see pictures of the new kit.
Fresh off his participation with Argentina at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, Roberto Pereyra was sold to Udinese in Italy. River will get around $6.4M for the 75% of his rights the club owned. It was pretty much assumed Pereyra would be sold before the season even though fans would prefer to keep the youngster around a bit longer.
Another U-20 World Cup star, Ecuadoran Juan Cazares, will remain at River Plate. Cazares starred in the last reserve games of last season and his continuation at the club was in doubt until the club made a payment to his former team, Independiente del Valle (Ecuador), and agreed to pay another $1M on any future transfer.
Cristian Ledesma has his paperwork in order and can now make his official return for River if Almeyda chooses to include him. Meanwhile, Cesar Gonzalez is with the Venezuelan national team for their upcoming games against Argentina and Guinea.
Monday marked Ramon Angel Diaz’s 52nd birthday. Ramon’s birthday wish? “To see River back in Primera, of course!”
In the first game since the authorities decided to allow away fans, Quilmes will allow 4,100 River fans to see the game this Saturday in the south of Buenos Aires. Tickets were made available exclusively through an online site which of course crashed under the flood of traffic.
You don’t fix something that isn’t broken, and Matias Almeyda won’t change the team that has started the season with three straight wins. Saturday against Quilmes, Almeyda will send out the same 11 players for the fourth game in a row.