He Alaves polls different markets in search of footballers who can accommodate Pablo Machín's style of play. In recent days, the club has insistently probed the Portuguese market. Among the options he manages to reinforce the creative facet in the center of the field, an old acquaintance arises, the Argentine with an Italian passport Rodrigo Battaglia. Last summer he was already interested in him, although his signing did not materialize. Now, the footballer could arrive on loan from the Sporting Lisbon.
Unlike last year, this time the footballer welcomes leaving the city of Tagus estuary. In this last campaign he has not had the confidence of his coach, Ruben Amorin. Between the League US, the Portuguese Cup and the UEFA Europa League, has barely totaled 1,195 minutes spread over 20 games, a low figure for a footballer who, at 29, wants to be important in Europe.
Rodrigo Battaglia has a contract with the Blanquiverdes until June 2023, so the transfer formula will be the one chosen in case of its arrival in Vitoria- Gasteiz. Signing him in property escapes the economic capacity albiazul.
The South American is one of the options that are handled to reinforce the constructive facet in the center of the field. Pablo Machín bets on football directly towards the rival goal, but he likes to elaborate the plays more than to Asier Garitano, whose main option was the rapid transition between defense and attack. Thus, Sergio Fernandez look for alternatives that, in addition to working, have creative capacity in the broad zone.
The role of the trivote in the center of the field is vital in the 1-3-5-2 that the Soriano preaches. Therefore, the babazorro team does not want to be orphaned of resources in the construction of the game, as it happened last year.
During the first round, until he was injured in December, Tomás Pina was too alone in that task. Pere Pons, in his year of adaptation to the team, he did not manage to gain the full trust of Asier Garitano, with what Wakaso and Manu, with a more hard-working profile, were the usual companions of the manchego.
As of January, Víctor Camarasa was in charge of leading this function until Thomas Pina He returned to play at the end of the confinement. In the final stretch of the course, the two did not finish curdling as a couple in full sinking babazorro. Although the one of Meliana the technical secretariat continues to like his return to Mendizorrotza is impossible right now after completing your loan and leaving for the Betis.