Overview
- Inter de Porto Alegre is set to take the 24-year-old midfielder on a one-year loan from CSKA Moscow with a $400,000 fee and a $4.6 million option to buy 100% of his rights.
- River Plate retains 50% of Villagra’s economic rights and would receive $2.3 million if the purchase option is exercised.
- Combining that payout with the March 2025 sale of 50% to CSKA for roughly $4 million plus bonuses, River could recover around $7 million overall.
- Villagra joined River in early 2024 for approximately $9–10 million but never cemented a starting role, with Marcelo Gallardo’s mid-2024 return coinciding with reduced minutes.
- His time at CSKA was limited by a medial collateral ligament injury and long inactivity, delaying his debut until September 2025.