Bad news for River: Tobías Ramírez will undergo surgery and will miss the rest of the semester.

In the final stretch of the semester, River has added a new problem in defense. Tobías Ramírez will need surgery and will be out of competition for several weeks.

The recently signed youth player, who arrived from Argentinos Juniors due to the injury of Juan Carlos Portillo and as a projection bet, had been suffering from synovitis in his right knee which had sidelined him from recent training sessions and from the call-up to travel to Venezuela for the match against Carabobo. However, subsequent tests confirmed a more complex condition: an external meniscal syndrome that will require surgical intervention.

The operation is scheduled for the coming days and, according to the timeline managed by the club, the defender may not return until the preseason that River will hold in Spain starting June 21. The idea is for him to complete the final stage of his recovery there and be available to the coaching staff again.

The injury complicates an already difficult start for Ramírez in Núñez. Since his arrival, he has had little playing time and barely added 45 minutes in his debut against Racing. Then, due to technical decisions and his physical conditioning, he was left out of the call-ups.

The coaching staff believed he was still in a process of adaptation, both in terms of football and fitness, something that will now be interrupted by the surgery. His situation raises concerns, especially because River was counting on him to become a backup option in central defense.

Thus, while waiting for the young player to recover and start fresh in the next preseason, they will need to reconfigure options in a sector also hit by the injury of Paulo Díaz.