The sports director of Real Valladolid, Domingo Catoira, indicated this Wednesday, after the presentation of the player Mamadou Sylla, that the squad “is not short” despite twenty-one licenses, and that “it is competitive” even if it’s not yet. is at the expected level.
On the contrary, he warned that “it is a versatile squad and it is in the process of formation, because the players are arriving little by little, but in a short time the best version of it will be seen. when everything is connected”, he guessed.
“All positions are folded” and “there were also difficulties in this market such as some players with ‘sine die’ clauses that allowed them to be the owners of their future , and forced Real Valladolid to be reactive, and that generated uncertainty by not knowing if they will be counted in the end”, he specified.
Regarding the balance of entries and exits, he confirmed the departure, due to the end of the contract, of Roque Mesa, Aguado, Óscar Plano, Joaquín and Hongla; the termination of Sekou, Carnero, Narváez, Vallejo and Sergio Asenjo; the assignments of Machis, Kike Pérez, Amallah, Aceves, Arroyo and Rofino, and the transfers of Weissman, Guardiola, Janko, El Yamiq, Olaza, Larin, Fresneda, Plata and Sergio León.
Regarding the latter, he detailed that the player expressed his desire to leave the team at the end of the market, referring to the “end of the cycle” in the blanquivioleta club and his desire to play more, but if it did not become clear option to strengthen the leadership “will not appear”, he commented on that matter.
As for the arrivals, there were ten: transfers with the option to buy Raúl Moro, Meseguer, Joni Montiel, John Víctor and Juric: the transfers of Boyomo -for 1 million euros- and Marcos André -1.8 million, the 50% of the rights-, and Gustavo Henrique -with a bonus in case of promotion-; with De la Hoz and Sylla, as free players.
Therefore, the final squad has twenty-one licenses with Malsa, if he stays, and the contribution of Ivan Garriel, Quintana, Tunde, Cedric, Frimpong and Chuki, players from the reserve team who train regularly with the first team “.
“They tried to convince Amallah to stay but it was normal for him that he wanted to play in the First Division and he had an operation. The arrivals will give experience and they managed to add a striker who played in the First Division -Marcos André-. There is absolutely that confidence in the squad and the future that awaits us ahead”, he assured.
And, although the blanquivioleta club obtained a “sales record” -more than 30 million euros- “it does not represent a net profit, because, for example, in the case of Silver, 50% of its rights for 3 million and it is sold for 12, where there will be a benefit that is not true, because from that you have to discount everything that remains to be paid in the level of amortization or to the agents”, he specified.
These revenues made it possible to “rebalance the accumulated costs after suffering two declines in three years, with a pandemic in the middle and comply with the requirements of LaLiga in terms of Fair Play and salary limits” , he qualified.
Regarding the situation of the coach, Paulo Pezzolano, in the spotlight after accumulating three defeats against Zaragoza, Alcorcón and Albacete, Catoira pointed out that “if the coach has anything left, it is strength and confidence, and he is busy trying to find out how to provide return level results”.
He considers that “being in the relegation places is circumstantial, because the team is not yet formed and it is time to do an accelerated pre-season within the competition, but there is optimism” and he thinks that “the next games are going to be won”, at the same time that He recalled that “in the last campaign in which they were promoted, there were also several consecutive defeats”.
“Second is a complex, long category, there are still injured players, others have gradually arrived. But there is total confidence that the squad will fight for Sunday’s game and, from there, the objectives will be seen in the long term “, he added, not forgetting that “the game has been played for four days”.
Source: La Verdad
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