Augusto Galván, on loan from Real Madrid to Santos

The Santos announced this monday the incorporation of the playmaker Augusto Galván, 22, who was on loan from Real Madrid to the whole of São Paulo until June 2022. The Brazilian will reinforce Santos in the remainder of the Brazilian Championship and in the tournaments of the first half of next year, the president announced Andrés Rueda.

The federative rights of Galván belong since February 2017 to Real Madrid, which paid three million euros to Sao Paulo at the time 17 year promise, which at the time also interested Manchester City, Hamburg and Red Bull Leipzig. But the juvenile did not make his debut with Real Madrid, what has yielded since then to different Spanish clubs while finishing training, among which Real Madrid Castilla, CD Leonesa Y Las Rozas.

August, born in the São Paulo city of Ribeirao Preto and revealed by Sao Paulo, It was presented this Monday as a reinforcement of Santos after meet Rueda and sign the contract that binds him by loan until next June.

“The joy of being here is immense. Since I was little I watched the Santos games, I saw idols that played here and they got a chance to wear that shirt. And now being a 'Menino da Vila' has no price to pay for it, “said the player, referring to the way the pups of the São Paulo club are known as Neymar, Robinho and Rodrygo. The player added that he intends achieve success at Santos, help the team and bring joy to the fans.

The club president affirmed that the contracting by loan is in accordance with con the new club policy to reinforce the payroll with good players without much cost, “with salaries within our means.”