Marash Kumbulla established himself in Albania

Many were surprised when the spanish announced that he had acquired the services of Marash Kumbulla looking forward to this season. The 24-year-old Albanian center back will play this season at Cornellà-El Prat, on loan from Roma, hoping that as a blue and white player he will once again be the center back for which they paid 26.5 million euros. Hellas Verona three years ago. This is a footballer who is far from the reach of spanish in economic terms and became a good nose of Fran Garagarza to see the market opportunity, which made it possible for Umbrella be on spanish.

In just two games in LaLiga he has shown that he is committed to being the quarterback of Perica’s defense this season and in the current international break he has taken another step on his path to once again become a central defender where the Rome paid a million by reclaiming his position as a starter in the defense of Albania that he did not appear in the Euro Cup. He formed to the side Ismajli the central duo lined up by Sylvinho in Albania’s 2-1 draw against Ukraine last Saturday and did so with a fine performance. He made 7 out of 7 contested duels, had a 92% passing accuracy rate and successfully made up to 8 clearances to upset the former Valencia player. Roman Yaremchukwhich became Ukraine’s ‘9’ in this rivalry. This is a new demonstration UmbrellaHe’s definitely back to square one.

Serious damage in April 2023

Umbrella suffered a serious injury in April 2023 which was undoubtedly part of the ‘butterfly effect’ that took him to spanish. In particular, it was a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that kept him in dry dock until the beginning of 2024. By then he had gone off the train of being important to Rome and that is why he was lent Sassuolo second half of last year. As a green and black he performed well, and for this reason he was mentioned by Sylvinho for the Eurocup, although not enough for Daniel De Rossi put him in Roma’s plans in 2024/25. However, the decision of the Italian coach is a blessing for spanishbecause of their good start to the season is clear Umbrellathe central defender for whom 26.5 million euros were paid three years ago, is back.