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In the camp of teams that have reached the UEFA Champions League round of 16 - there is a change of forwards. As reported on Wednesday by a Spanish club, their ranks were joined by a forward from the Mexican national team, while the forward from the Argentine national team who had played in the club until then is moving to "River Plate".
G.Franco, born in Argentina, who arrived from "Monterrey", has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with "Villarreal". The media claims that the forward was greatly sought after by "The Yellow Submarine" strategist Manuel Pellegrini, who had previously coached the Mexican club "San Lorenzo".
The new club acquisition may help "Villarreal" in the UEFA Champions League battles.
In the Spanish championship, "Villarreal", who currently hold sixth place, are struggling to score goals this season. The main reason for this is that their main striker, Uruguayan Diego Forlan, is far from demonstrating the form he did in the previous season when he won the "Golden Boot".
"Villarreal" has also agreed to sell 50% rights to L.Figueroa to the "River Plate" club, but all the details of the agreement are not disclosed. It is clear only that "Villarreal" retained the remaining 50% of the rights.
The Spanish media claims that the forward from the Argentine national team was dissatisfied with the lack of playing time in Spain and requested to move to another club where he could fight for a place in the national team led by Jose Pekerman, which will compete in the World Cup in Germany this summer.
