Report: Quintero will cost Real Madrid or Spurs upwards of £19.5m

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How River Plate are considering a deal with Porto that would mean Real Madrid or Spurs would have to pay at least £19.5m for Juan Quintero.

River Plate are considering activating a clause in the loan deal for Juan Quintero to sign the attacker from Porto permanently and then sell him immediately for a large profit, reports Argentine newspaper La Nueva.

Quintero is currently midway through a temporary spell at the Buenos Aires club that stretches until the end of the year and part of that includes the option to make the move permanent for £2.9m.

If River choose to activate that then no other club can come in for the 25-year-old, who has been impressing at the 2018 World Cup with his performances for Colombia.

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These displays in Russia has piqued the interest of both Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur and the Argentinian side are therefore figuring out a way they can make money from Quintero.

Their plan is to sign the attacking midfielder from Porto and then straight away put a release clause of at least £19.5m into his contract that would see them make an immediate profit of at least £16m – should one of the interested parties pay up, of course.

This is a somewhat risky tactic if Madrid and Spurs decide they no longer want Quintero, so striking the right balance in their valuation could be key for River.