River Plate changed the logo of its profile on the social network X to an egg on Tuesday, anticipating the incorporation of defender Marcos Acuña, world champion and two-time champion of America with the Albiceleste, who arrived in the country on Tuesday to complete the signing.
The club replaced its X-shaped crest with a white egg on a red background, the colours of the ‘Millonario’ that the left-back from Sevilla will soon wear. whose nickname is precisely ‘Egg’.
On its Instagram profile, River did not change the shield but published an image of its stadium, the Más Monumental, with a giant egg – white with a red stripe– inside, accompanied by an emoticon that says “soon”.
Acuña arrived in Argentina on Tuesday to finalize his signing, thus becoming the second international Albiceleste to return to the country after being world champion in Qatar, after the arrival of German Pezzella to the ‘Millionaire’ this month, encouraged by the return of Marcelo Gallardo as coach of the club.
Sevilla had announced on this day that Acuna He was “resolving his future” and, for that reason, he was absent from today’s work session at the Seville club.
In recent days, it was already taken for granted that the defender from Zapala (Neuquén, south) would return to Argentine football, where he left in 2017 to sign for Sporting de Portugal.
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After three seasons with the Lisbon club, the former Ferro Carril Oeste and Racing de Avellaneda player signed for Sevilla, where he has remained for four seasons in which he has played 149 official matches in which he has scored six and provided twelve assists.
