This Elche CF sports commission The work done to prepare the squad for this season was quite advanced. The seven signatures received: Álex Martín, Áleix Febas, San Román, Cristian Salvador, Mario Gaspar, Óscar Plano and Nico Castronext to you Salinas and Murdad, after returning to their duties and maintaining the block of contract players from last season; The team was summed up in the absence of any market opportunities and if at last Fran Pérez’s transfer from Valencia could be completed.
But as they say, You can never rest until the transfer window closes on September 1st. and now, the club from Elche got some extra and unexpected business at the last minute. Departures in a little over a week From Ezequiel Ponce to AEK Athens and above all, From Pere Milla to Espanyol; obliges franchiverde to sign at least one collateral forward.
With the departure of Argentine and Ilerse, the striker, which was the best defended position apriori at the start of the pre-season, remained low, only Lucas Boyé and Mourad. Even until the market window closes, doubts about Argentina’s sustainability will remain.
Sergio Mantecón, Mauro Óbolo and Antonio Barragán They have already started working to see the possibilities of attackers in the market. In principle and after Ponce’s departure, both Mantecón and the coach sebastian beccacece In principle, it has been made public that hiring another striker is not mandatory, as the Argentine coach demonstrated at the league premiere last Saturday. Ferrol Racing, Playing with one striker. But, The transfer of Pere Milla to Espanyol radically changed the plans for the main floor of the Martínez Valero stadium..
Elche starts with the advantage of having economic liquidity. Ponce and Milla’s sales allowed entry about six million euros And that money allows the salary cap to be raised and the team to face an important operation it needs to strengthen its striker. While this can be a double-edged sword, representatives know that the Elche club is in good financial standing and can take advantage of it to get a slice of it.
now, They want to remain calm in the Franchiverde presence and are aware that interesting options will emerge by September 1, when the market closes.especially the expulsion of attackers from First Division teams.