The River Plate Post
Squad28 Dec 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Juan Flores
106 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. River Plate lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market28 Dec 2026
Rodrigo Morel puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at River Plate, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market28 Dec 2026
River Plate get their man
The chase for Andi Vidal ended with $230.0K changing hands and Sportivo Luqueno out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Óscar Morel in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at River Plate this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces28 Dec 2026
$230.0K for Andi Vidal, and River Plate supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Andi Vidal from Sportivo Luqueno for $230.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
River Plate agree a free transfer for Tobías Marecos
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
In brief
- Squad Derlis Cabañas out for 35 days
- Squad Too much change too quickly at River Plate