A sad and long-awaited farewell for Real

The goodbye of Merquelanz (1995) is now official, as announced by the Royal Society this morning. You won’t change much, since your new temporary destination is a few kilometers from Donostia. Eibar will give him the opportunity to test himself and see if his body responds favorably to the demands of the preseason of weapons, as reported by ‘Cazurreando’ on Monday afternoon and later confirmed by MD Gipuzkoa . Eibar’s sporting management will make a decision based on the level the winger shows in the coming weeks.

Merquelanz So he said goodbye to his home, the one that saw him grow as a footballer and person, the one that decided to join him to the point of renewing his contract for five years in the summer of 2020 and not exactly low salary. A token that, according to Diario Vasco, the player will forgive the club for the remaining year of his contract. He wants to feel like a footballer again and play, and at Real he has known for a long time that this will not happen.

difficult moment

The last few years have not been easy for the man from Irún, who have seen his projection slow due to constant injuries, setbacks and operations. At 29 years old, he was forced to look for alternatives, step aside from Real and accept that he has no place in a young and very demanding team. Imanol he gradually completes the group with many wingers, and his plans should not be relied upon Merquelanz. However, the sensations he left in the preseason were good, the best since he rejoined the team work for the first time last season, and that ended with an exit, in search of an opportunity, which was only an hour. .

He did not say goodbye in any way, as can be seen in the photos offered by the club. It’s not an easy goodbye. Despite several seasons in dry dock, Irundarra is one of his teammates: a regular in the infirmary, unfortunately, he shared a lot of time with players like Sadiq, Oyarzabal and Carlos, among others, players who had to go through a long recovery process. Between tears and under the watchful eyes of players and staff, Merquelanz He said goodbye to his colleagues on Monday afternoon, before they left for Japan. La Real also published an emotional farewell video yesterday in which the player wanted to thank the fans for their continued support: “All the time I felt supported by all of you.” The club also left a beautiful message of thanks to the player: “We will remember him for his attitude, his character and his way of dealing with the difficulties that football has put in him.”

He shines with Mirandés

The one from Irún, sadly, will be remembered more in Donostia for the performance offered in 19-20 with Mirandés than his time at Real. With 17 goals and 14 assists under the orders of Iraola, is one of the most outstanding players in the silver category. It was a campaign in which he rose to prominence in the Second Division and in the Cup, where he featured in the side Guridi in the semifinals against a Real team that would end up as champions.

Return to a cursed priest

Several players went through what happened Martin in recent years. To see his last game as a professional, we have to go back to September 11, 2021, the date he suffered the knee injury. The failure that kept him in discomfort until June 2023, when the player and club decided to undergo surgery again. His last official match as txuri urdin was in May 2021, at the end of a season in which he played 17 matches for the Real team, the highest number in all his first team campaigns. He only gave one help.
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TheMerquelanz return to Ipurua. The Eibar field could not bring back good memories for a player who, as soon as he stepped on the field on the day of his debut, suffered a serious injury to his right knee. On August 31, 2018, the day when Asier Garitano It gave him the chance to fulfill his dream after the good years at Sanse. It was an injury that left fans and the squad cold, as the player just overcame a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that he suffered in December 2017, when he still held the reserve team record.