São Paulo earns more than 4 million rand with the title of river: understand

The title of the Libertadores Cup won by River Plate this Sunday is celebrated in São Paulo. With a 3 to 1 win over rival Boca Juniors, the club that hired Lucas Pratto earlier this year will have to deposit another million euros ($ 4.45 million, current price) on the Tricolor account. [19659003] This is stipulated in the agreement of sale of the centroavante, acquired by River in January 2018 for 11.5 million euros (44.4 million R $, according to the quote of the time), in the bigger negotiation of the history of the Argentine Club.

Of this amount, São Paulo received 8.5 million euros (32.9 million R $).

Revealed at Boca Juniors, Lucas Pratto scored 12 goals in 41 official matches played by Boca Juniors, River Plate. He was the top scorer of the Libertadores team with five goals. In the final, the striker scored a 2-2 draw at La Bombonera and another in the return leg at Santiago Bernabéu.

For São Paulo, Pratto scored 14 goals in 48 games, finishing 2017 as the top team scorer. The player claimed that the main reason for his departure from the Tricolor was his daughter, who was living in Buenos Aires, far from her father.

In anticipation of the 2019 season, Sao Paulo can use the extra money to strengthen its efforts. the staff. After hiring teams Igor Vinícius and Leo Pelé, the board said it was a priority to attract another striker (Willian Arão, from Flamengo, is in sight), a half and two attackers.