That rocket called UD Las Palmas is tightening its belt

UD Las Palmas is counting the hours until we reach the last game in 2024 of this Primera season to breathe a sigh of relief in permanence. This is the purpose of second team with the smallest budget in LaLigawhich announced this weekend that it does not plan to bolster itself with new props on its agenda.

The president of UD Las Palmas, Miguel Angel Ramirezyou already have June 2024 in mind when the Catalan footballer Sergi Cardona it was formally announced that he would not be continuing next season. But UD Las Palmas has another difficulty: withdrawals due to call-ups some of his players for the Africa Cupwhich will be held in January 2024.

The sports leader acknowledged that left back Sergi Cardona, whose contract expires in June 2024, will not continue because the club cannot reach the values ​​offered by others.

The likely call for Saul Coco (Equatorial Guinea)Omenuke Mfulu (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Munir El Haddadi (Morocco) for the next edition of the 2024 Africa Cup They should not influence the performance of the yellow team because it has “adequate staff and guarantees to compete in those three or four weeks that players can exit.

Ramírez repeated that there will be no signings in the January market unless: some clubs pay the termination clause for any of the first team playersand then have to find a replacement.

The president of yellow team They understand that the signatures are “the players who are here”, and they ask themselves out loud: “Strengthen us for what? Our goal is permanence, do not suffer, and we have a lot of equipment. “We had 35 million euros for signings and we only spent 27,” he said.

Among its goals is power keep the players standinglike the goalkeeper Alvaro Valles“one of the best goalkeepers in Spanish football” and where the contract ends in 2024, though will be extended by one more year If the figure of 25 official matches were played.

Ramírez also admitted that he “would like” to renew the coach, Xavi García Pimientabecause “more than expansion, A declaration of intent was signed by both parties“, and like”extend that relationship as much as possible“, and although “will depend on him too”, he believes he should not “no problem“for its continuation.

The president of UD Las Palmas predicts an “absolutely full house” on January 4 at the Gran Canaria Stadium with the visit of FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ and “an exciting second round” for a UD Las Palmas who is satisfied” good sports and economic healthon”.