It is already official. Santiago Arzamendia joins the ranks of Cádiz. The left back signs with Cádiz for the next four seasons. The Paraguayan arrives from Cerro Porteño. This morning we published that his agent had already confirmed the signing of Arzamendia for Cádiz through social networks.
Javier Monges, Arzamendia's agent, had confirmed it with the following message: “Now yes, officer. Santi Arzamendia is a new player for @Cadiz_CF of @LaLiga de España ”. This afternoon was when Cádiz made the arrival of the left back official.
As his agent has stated on other occasions, the Cadista club would have bought between 75% and 80% of Arzamendia's pass and is committed to the yellow entity for the next four seasons.
Santiago Arzamendia has finally won the battle against Joaquín Piquerez, side that also sounded for Cádiz. They were the two players between whom the team trained by Álvaro Cervera was debated, but finally it was Arzamendia who was chosen to join the yellow ranks.
The left back, Arzamendia, has been playing the Copa América until a few days ago with the Paraguay National Team. Javier Monges stated that once his international commitments were finalized he would travel to Spain to join Cádiz. Since the early hours of this Thursday, the Paraguayan has been receiving messages of support and congratulations from some of his teammates through their social networks, so the signing was already closed.
Cadiz statement
“The Cádiz Football Club and the Cerro Porteño Club have reached an agreement for the transfer of Santiago Arzamendia, who will sign the next four seasons. Born in Wanda, in the Argentine province of Misiones (05/05/1998), he plays as a left back and is an absolute international with the Paraguayan team, with which he debuted on March 27, 2019.
Formed in the lower categories of Cerro Porteño, he made his debut with the first team in 2015, having played 103 games so far and added more than 8,500 minutes. In his track record are the Apertura (2015 and 2020) and Clausura (2017) championships.
The footballer will travel to the Cádiz capital in the next few days to join the training sessions under the command of Álvaro Cervera ”.