Muslera arranged with students for 18 months :: Olé

Fernando Muslera already fixed his incorporation into Students y He will sign a contract with El Pincha for 18 months. The Uruguayan goalkeeper, born in Argentina, prioritized the offer of the Argentine club above Peñarol's, and arrives with the free pass after 14 seasons in the Galatasarayclub with which he won 19 local titles, the most winning footballer in the whole history of the country.

The goalkeeper, currently on vacation in Punta del Este, will join to play the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, an instance in which Eduardo Domínguez's team will face Cerro Porteño de Paraguay.

“Fernando is very excited, he wanted to be close to his family in Montevideo. Uruguay and Argentina were possibilities. From Arabia he had offers that represented five more times more economically, also one from Cruz Azul de Mexico, where he has Uruguayan friends. He was seduced by the students' project and liked that they called him Domínguez, José Sosa (NdR: he played in Türkiye) and that the leadership behaved very well. Of course, what they offered also is important, but not the reason for the decision not to go to Peñarol, “they explained to Olé From the soccer player's environment.

The squad will meet next Wednesday at the City of City Bell to start the preseason. Will Muslera be? “We still don't know when he appears. We just fixed the contract with students,” they assured Olé.

The news had an impact on Uruguay. It was Muslera himself who communicated with the coach of Peñarol, Diego Aguirre, and the president of the institution, Ignacio Ruglio, to explain that Argentina's proposal was chosen. Remember: The Carbonero is also in the Libertadores and will play against Racing in the first playoff game. Muslera, former National and Wanderers, was the objective of the Charrúas.

Muslera is the goalkeeper with more games in the history of the Uruguay team: 133. He finished his stage at the World Cup in Qatar, where he was the substitute for Sergio Rochet, of Inter de Porto Alegre.

The one of students in the last tournament was Matías Mansilla: they turned 19 goals into 16 opening games. In the Libertadores: five in nine games.

Ruglio declared: “Peñarol gave him the economic offer he requested, Peñarol swallowed to change conditions and continued. I want to make it clear that he was offered everything he asked.”

Anyway, it was Muslera himself, during the last week, the one who had been cautious about the possibility of Peñarol. “I have been a good time that I have a group of armed people who accompany me, who are my partners in Bella Italia, my team, and they have taken care of everything that has been Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil for opportunities that can leave, and these days we will get together to talk about how the situation is,” he said.