Ponzio spoke about the chance of Gio Simeone being River’s reinforcement

In current days, rumors about a potential arrival of Gio Simeone to River in the subsequent pass market. And the one who broke the silence and responded about the supposed curiosity was Leonardo Ponzioafter the draw for the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana 2026. Look what he mentioned.

Ponziomember of the Technical Secretariat, traveled with Ignacio Villarroel and David Trezeguet to Paraguay to symbolize the Millionaire at the ceremony. There, he referred to the match, however was additionally consulted about the chance of the ahead arriving in the center of the 12 months, given Eduardo Coudet’s need so as to add reinforcement in that place.

“I was a partner… from that side I’m going to talk to you. The truth is he is a worker in this sport, a professional. He grew up with us, the reality is thatand we always saw that Simeone had DNA, from his father, from his brothers. And well, The truth is that I respect him a lot That’s why I do that analysis“Replied Ponzio, remembering the stage in which they were companions, but avoiding the topic of their possible arrival.

Simeone was promoted to First Division in 2013 by Ramón Díaz and was there until mid-2015. He added quite a few minutes during Gallardo’s first semester, but without much place in the team he went on loan to Banfield, where he broke everything. Therefore, when he returned a year later, Genoa bought him for 5 million euros. In total, Simeone played 33 games for River and scored 4 goals.

Currently, at 30 years old, Gio lives a good present in Italywhere it accumulates 7 goals in 26 games in a Torino which is 14th in Serie A. The club paid for it €8,000,000a reference figure that River must have when negotiating for him. He has a contract until mid-2028.

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What Ponzio said about the Copa Sudamericana

“At one time, South America led us to many things”mentioned Leo Ponzioremembering the title in 2014, the first of Marcelo Gallardo’s cycle as coach of the membership. And he remarked: “Our obsession always involves international cups.” He additionally highlighted that “The Copa Sudamericana is competitive”.

“It’s a nice group. There are trips, but there is no height in any of them. Afterwards… we will have to compete, that’s what remains. We had no preferences. The issue of distances… South America is like that, you have to be prepared”the León analyzed the River group, in dialogue with Fox Sports.

And he added: “They are teams that will surely plan to become strong at home, it is the reality. The Brazilian team that has Red Bull behind it, that has a project behind it and we know that it has players from below, from the base. We will try to do our thing What I always say, in what is international competition, at local level is where you have to become strong.”