Marco Ruben Sold to Villareal
By: Christian | January 23rd, 2008
Well that didn’t take long.
After posting last night about the need for Marco Ruben to move to another country after not living up to expectations, River have sold the young forward to Spanish side Villareal in a deal worth 7 million dollars.
Ruben, surprisingly named yesterday to Argentina’s 18 man roster ahead of Olympic qualifying, had also been linked to fellow Spanish club Deportivo La Coruña, but Villareal’s offer, which also guarantees River 15% of any future sale, was simply too good to pass up.
Purchased along with Juan Ojeda and Cristian Villagra from Rosario Central in 2006, Ruben scored 7 goals in 36 games played for la banda, and struggled to make it to the starting lineup. I wish him the best of luck in Spain and I hope to see him play next month in Los Angeles.
EDIT: Thanks to Golazo for pointing out earlier that I had incorrectly written Valencia instead of Villareal. I did know it was Villareal but for some reason wrote Valencia instead. One of those days I guess.
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