Botafogo closes another signing for the season

Active on the transfer market, the Botafogo closed yet another signing for the 2023 season. It is the Uruguayan Diego Hernandezaged 22, who belongs to Montevideo Wandererswhich will arrive through a payment of 2.2 million dollars, but it will not be in this window.

This happens because the Uruguayan team put their foot down that they would not release him in this transfer window, as they have hopes of fighting for the title of the Apertura tournament, of the Uruguayan Championship. In this way, the Botafogo completed the negotiation, but the athlete should only show up at the end of May.

Another important point is that he will only spend about two months training after introducing himself to the Rio de Janeiro club, as the next window for signing up reinforcements will only open in July. With this, the youngster will have enough time to get used to the new city and the coach’s training Luis Castro.

Summoned to his selection on the last list, Diego Hernández is a promising youngster from the country, and has five goals in his eight games played this season, in addition to two more assists. the posture of John Textordemonstrating how much he wanted the player was crucial for the negotiation to be closed.

In this way, and still without Hernández, Botafogo remains focused on the 2023 Rio Cup dispute and with an eye on the debut of the Sudamericana. After winning the first game of the final 2-1 against Audax-RJFogão will have the first round of the continental competition this Thursday, 6, at 21h (Brasília time), against Magallanesfrom Chile.