Thank you amigo for your comments.
It is still undecided if Garay will join Sporting. My own personal preference would be for him to join Benfica as they along with Porto (I know this won't please you

) are the two strongest sides in Portugual.
Otamendi surprisingly has done reasonably well for Porto.
Speaking of which it seems that Batista will be flying to Europe soon to speak to the 15 players he had decided to take from Europe for the Copa.
Included it seems will be Aguero but no Aimar or Saviola. Gaitan also looks to be dropped and unfortunately Salvio has broken his foot which not only means Benfica might put off signing him but his Copa spot is probably gone.
The River cantera was dying a death under Aguilar who is beign sued currently by the club for some of the multi millions in tranfer fees which unsurprisingly ended not with the club but with a few individuals. And selling kids like Musacchio for virtually nothing at all.
Players like Falcao only earned money for the club because Radmel who has done superbly for Porto loves the club and fans and signed a contract in order that Porto would have to pay a fee. It is shambolic. Boca and River have huge support across Latin America indeed globally yet they are poorly managed and poor in financial terms.
The good news for River is that the last few generations of players are looking excellent and comprise a significant part of the u20 and u17 age group sides.
Passarella is tough nosed a negotiator as he was player and will no longer sell players for peanuts witness the transfer saga with Benfica over Mori.
Infact I think Benfica had a lucky escape at least for the moment because Funes Mori has had a disappointing season. His confidence has gone.
He struggled at the u20 tourney being outshone by Facundo Ferreyra of Banfield and his limitations in link up play have been shown.
He is young still so there is hope. El Kaiser will also make any club interested in the likes of Lamela or others such as Pereyra or others not even yet in the first team like excellent young centreback Pezzella pay top dollar.
I do hope they stick around though and help River in the Libertadores and swing the old giant round.
As for Carrizo he still likes to play around at the back....
However he has regained the form which saw Lazio splash out for him .The question is can he replicate it for the seleccion.
With Romero playing reserve football at present and Andujar being a bag of nerves in his appearance he can certainly make a claim for the seleccion spot at the Copa.
I remember that awful air kick too amigo for Chichizola. He played solidly though and has presence in the box, communicates well with his defence and is quite proficient and young too but he is numero duo to Carrizo so will have to wait his chance.
Enano has been doing well for the club with flashes of brilliance. He seems to be over certainly externally over that horrific tragedy but will he make the grade in Spain ?
I guess the new owners of Malaga will want to see them play with flair and he can certainly bring that but will he end up like Maxi Moralez ?
Piatti has done well considering his size and of course Leo. So we'll just wait and see if he can adapt.
As an aside I was looking at the Portuguese sides in the Europa League and it should be a concern for the Navigators that there are so few Portuguese players in these sides.
It is not good news for the national side TSO.