And as usual around this time of year, River Plate are taking a leading role in those off-field switches. For if Salas showed scant loyalty to his previous employers, he was afforded little better by River. “We were treated very poorly,” Salas fired to Radio La Red once his loan move to Independiente Rivadavia was confirmed on Tuesday. Perhaps, if the goals had dried up, there would have been a shipping container waiting in Avellaneda too for the forward. How can we expect loyalty from players, when even the nation’s most storied and prestigious clubs can turn on them at a minute’s notice and send them off to a shipping container?