Real target Palacios commits to River Plate

“My head is 100 per cent here at River, I am fully committed”.

Those are the short and sweet words of Exequiel Palacios, quoted by AS, who seems to have confirmed that he won’t be leaving River Plate anytime soon. The young Argentine, who has already had a few call ups to the senior national team, first made his debut for River back in 2015 and hasn’t looked back since. Of course, due to his success he has been looked at by a series of top clubs across Europe, with Real Madrid being located towards the top of that list.

There’s been heavy speculation linking him with a move to the Bernabeu, with some suggesting that the deal would be finalised during the January transfer window. Alas, that didn’t prove to be the case, and Real will likely now have to wait it out and see whether or not they can tempt the 20 year old in the summer.