D'Alessandro returns to River Plate on loan

Former Argentina playmaker Andres D'Alessandro is returning to River Plate after agreeing a one-year loan from his Brazilian club Internacional, Argentine media reports said on Wednesday. "I'm very grateful to this club, they gave me everything," D'Alessandro, a fan's favourite at Inter where he has played since 2008, said in Argentine sports daily Ole on Wednesday. D'Alessandro, who spent five years in Europe with VfL Wolfsburg, Portsmouth and Real Zaragoza and also played for San Lorenzo in hi