The former Boca and Juventus player, Rodrigo Bentancur has already joined the dynamics of his new team, Tottenham. The Uruguayan has had quite a busy day, in which He visited the team facilities, put on the Spurs jersey, and trained with his new teammates. Prior to this, the midfielder signed the contract that binds him to the London club until 2026.
Bentancur he was received upon arrival by ‘Cuti’ Romero, and by the team’s captain and goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris. In a video published on Twitter in which it is seen how the Argentine and the Uruguayan hug each other in the form of a greeting, while Romero asks, “How’s it going? Is everything okay?” asking him later when he had arrived, to which the Charrúa replied that he had arrived this Friday.
Romero and Bentancur are old acquaintances from Serie A, and from national team matches who have faced Uruguay and Argentina, and from now on, will be teammates on the field, in a project directed by Antonio Conte, which seeks to return the club to the Champions League. Bentancur is not the only signing from Italy for the ‘Spurs’ in this market, since Sweden’s Kulusevski has also landed in North London.
Uruguayan midfielder arrives for a figure of around 20 million, of which practically 50% of the total corresponds to Boca Juniors for rights reasons, so the Xeneize club will pocket about 10 million from this sale. Bentancur’s time in Boca was brief, was between 2015 and 2017 and played 31 games.
