River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo has bid farewell to Rafael Santos Borre as the reported Rangers target becomes a free agent, speaking to ESPN, via InfoBae.
The transfer merry-go-round is spinning wildly and Santos Borre is just happy to be along for the ride.
With his contract expiring on July 1, the one-time Atletico Madrid youngster has been lined up by two clubs looking to replace a free-scoring talisman.
Alfredo Morelos is in talks over a move to Porto and, according to El Deportivo, Steven Gerrard’s Scottish Premiership winners could fill the void created by the Colombian’s departure by bringing his 25-year-old compatriot to Ibrox.
Eintracht Frankfurt have been linked too, and the Bundesliga outfit will step up their pursuit of a new number nine after losing the record-breaking Andre Silva to RB Leipzig last week.
So don’t expect Santos Borre to be a free agent for long.
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“Borre’s situation is very simple. He is a free player. He is in the process of being able to choose the best option,” Gallardo said of a man who has won six trophies in four years at Argentine giants River Plate.
“When a player leaves, there is always that feeling…
“Rafa is faced with the possibility of choosing his destiny. I spoke with him, we speak regularly, we send each other greetings and he was faced with a concrete possibility of deciding what his future will be and it is up to him that when he decides to communicate what it will be.
“Whenever an important player leaves us, we lose something.”
Santos Borre has scored eight times in 13 league matches so far this season; a run of form that may explain why he was valued in the region of £25 million when Crystal Palace were linked last summer.
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