The Girona of Míchel Sánchez The second week of pre-season begins this Monday morning, in which the first reinforcements are expected to arrive to complete a squad, for now very few in number, and in which the first two friendlies of the summer will be played against Peralada on Tuesday and before Benfica on Friday in Switzerland.
Without a doubt, tactical and physical work is very important in the preparation of any team to face a season with guarantees in LaLiga Santanderbut in this case, at Girona, the most demanding and urgent work is found higher up, in the offices of the sports management, which a month after being promoted to First Division have still not closed any incorporation, except that of Ivan Martinwhich renewed its assignment automatically.
The left-handed lane is one of the demarcations that must be reinforced the most Quique Prison and it is expected that this week progress can be made in hiring the left back of Leganés Javi Hernández, for which Girona is willing to negotiate and pay to be able to get him out of Butarque. Another of the open fronts that the technical secretariat has is in Eibar. Edu Exposito and Stoichkov they are objectives of the Girona team to make a leap in quality in their squad, but the Basque team has no need to undersell and that is why the negotiations are presumed to be tough and demanding in both cases.
The new Girona, which at the moment has little new, will debut tomorrow against Peralada. The first pre-season test will be the least demanding of all and it is expected that the youngest players will play a leading role in the match against a Third Division rival RFEF. After returning to training on Wednesday, the team will leave for Swiss on Thursday, where on Friday they will face Benfica in the second preseason ‘bolo’ before returning to Catalonia on Saturday, when the team will train to rest, like this week, on Sunday.
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