A small ray of light can be seen at the end of the tunnel. All is not lost Martin Merquelanz (Irun, 1995). Although he has no record, he is still a player in the Real Sociedad squad, with a contract until 2025 and, after two years and two months of suffering, surgery, recovery and no games, he finally sees the future with a point of hope. He still didn’t want to hope too much, because every time he came back he trampled them with his wounds; but the talented winger of Irundarra is already playing ball in Zubieta and, as Mundo Deportivo Gipuzkoa has learned, the forecast is that he can finish 2023 training with the group, with the aim of returning to football in 2024. That his current horizon , with all reservations considering that he has undergone surgery on his left knee three times since he was badly injured at Rayo Vallecano in September 2021.
Merquelanz He knows that this is his last train, the last option to fully recover and become an elite footballer again, as he is in the 2019/20 campaign where, on loan to Second Division side Mirandés, he scored 17 goals and 14 assists in 43 official matches.
This last operation, which he underwent in London in June, was the best for him and the one that allowed him to increase his workload and training intensity without feeling resentment or suffering relapses. That was his last bullet. Sources close to the player confirm to MD that this time Merquelanz is feeling good with his knee and that he is optimistic and excited to play football again in 2024.
January, possible discharge
The most important thing remains: take the specific step to exercise with the group under the orders of Imanol Alguacil, a coach who will ask more of him, like no other. It remains to be seen how he responds to that highest level of training and, if so, if he can compete in this Real de Champions League, which, logically, is very difficult, or if he should do it in another more inferior team. in debt..
The January transfer window allows him the possibility of, if he fully recovers, being released by Real or a destination club of their choice.
Three empty chips in Real
The idyllic situation for Merquelanz will once again compete for a position at Real from January, although he knows that this possibility is complicated at the level of the team and the training it requires. Imanol. If he reaches it, the club may release him as there are three vacant players in the first team. Currently, the numbers 13, 15 and 25 have no owner, although the first and third are usually assigned to goalkeepers.
Source: La Verdad
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