Overview
- River accepted Fabricio Bustos’s early contract termination and the right-back traveled to Brazil on Friday, September 11, 2026, to complete a medical ahead of joining Coritiba.
- Flamengo, which owns Matías Viña’s rights, arranged a loan for the left-back to Cruzeiro until December after Viña ended his spell at River.
- Both players had been training apart at River’s Cantilo facility after falling out of the first-team plans.
- Bustos arrived from Internacional in mid-2024, made 53 appearances without goals or assists, and had a contract running to December 2027 that River agreed to cut short to facilitate his exit.
- River’s clear-out removes surplus fullbacks, prevents triggering the $4.5 million buy clause tied to Viña’s playing threshold, and sends both players back to Brazil to seek regular minutes.