He Seville made official this Thursday the signing of Smallmidfielder from Santander Racing, for the next four seasons. The 21-year-old footballer arrived in Seville on Wednesday after reaching an agreement with the Cantabrian and Andalusian club for the deferred payment of the termination clause, which is 4 million euros.
Peque is the second signing of the Nervión entity in the current summer market after the inclusion of Nigerian Chidera Ejuke and will be under the command of García Pimienta once he passes the medical examination.
Gerard Fernández Castellano (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, July 7, 2002) measures 172 centimeters, right-footed and mainly plays as a playmaker, and can also work as a left winger – changed leg – and even in the last part of the offensive frame, as Forward. Trained in the lower categories of Cornellá, he joined FC Barcelona’s youth team in the 2019/20 season. After a short spell with FC Barcelona Youth, he started getting minutes in the Barça reserve team a season later with 19 appearances, three goals and one assist.
In the 2022/23 season, Gerard signed for Racing de Santander, making 23 appearances in La Liga Hypermotion, with one goal and two assists, in addition to one match in the Copa del Rey. Already in the 2023/24 season, Gerard has become one of the main strongholds of the Cantabrian team, which was mainly in the fight for the promotion playoff place that Racing de Santander lost on the last day of the league match. Last season he achieved an amazing 18 goals and three assists in the domestic championship in 40 league games, as well as a goal in the only Copa del Rey game. At the international level, he added a meeting with the Spanish team under 18.
Source: La Verdad
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