Overview

• River Plate reached a transfer agreement with Vélez Sarsfield to prevent Lanzini from leaving as a free agent this month.
• The 32-year-old midfielder made just 15 appearances (four starts) this season and has been excluded from call-ups since the Club World Cup loss to Inter Milan.
• Vélez secured the registration by using a spot freed up when Valentín Gómez was sold to Real Betis after the summer window closed.
• Manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto signed Lanzini to bolster his creative midfield ahead of the Torneo Clausura and Copa Libertadores campaigns.
• The deal underscores a growing trend of senior River players being offloaded under Gallardo and quickly recruited by domestic rivals.