There's sergeant and revelation: Athletic bet in Paraguayan double

O Athletic officially announced on Tuesday (19) the hires of the quarterback Mateo Gamarra and the attacker Romeo Benitez. The Paraguayan duo arrived in Curitiba on Sunday night, underwent physical examinations and signed a contract with Hurricane. Both strengthen the team for the 2024 season, year of the centenary rubro-negro.

Twenty-three-year-old Gamarra definitely arrives at the Olympia-PAR. Highlight and absolute holder of Paraguayan team in recent years, the defender cost 3.2 million dollars, about R$ 15.84 million, Athletico's vaults, which acquired 70% of the player's pass. Hired to strengthen a poor sector of the cast, the quarterback signed a valid contract until 2027 with the Rubro-Negro. He had good participation in the Liberators of 2023 and even appeared in the call of Paraguay.

Benítez, in turn, acts from the left and arrives from Guarani-PAR. Like Gamarra, the attacker definitely signed with Athletico, in a bond that goes until the end of 2028. The 21-year-old player is seen as a Paraguayan football gem And it cost Rubro-Negro $3 million, something at the R's house.$ 14.85 million. In the current season, he added eight goals and six assists in 42 matches.

Double is among Athletic's biggest purchases

In total, the two cost 6.2 million dollars (R$ 30.7 million). But even in the separate costs, the two entered the top-5 of the most expensive contracts in the history of Athletico, which had already invested enough between 2022 and 2023 and promises to start 2024 also going strong to the market.

The Rs$ 15.84 million put Gamarra as the third largest hire, staying behind only the attacker Vitor Roque (R$ 24 million) and half Bruno Zapelli (R$ 19.3 million). Benitez, in turn, is the fifth most expensive, staying behind the three and Canobbio (R$ 15.2 million). In common among them the fact that they are young bets. They were all bought at the latest 23 years old. Interestingly, the two most expensive are just the two youngest.