Rest day for the staff, but the activity continues in the technical secretariat. In the next few days, the Alaves he hopes to start announcing his signings for the coming year. The first to arrive may be Rodrigo
Battaglia. The agreement between clubs is finalized for the midfielder to play next season in Mendizorrotza on loan.
Right now, a single obstacle delays his arrival in the capital of Alava: the player's positive for covid-19. According to the Sporting
of
Lisbon, the Italian-Argentine is in good health, asymptomatic, and complying with the mandatory quarantine. As soon as he is restored and the travel combinations allow, the babazorro club will incorporate him into the discipline of Paul
Machin.
In such a short and unusual preseason, time is money. Adding the new staff as soon as possible, called to play an important role in the new coach's project, is important. In just three weeks, if the pandemic does not prevent it, the ball will roll in the season of the centennial babazorro.
Margin to sign
The crisis unleashed by the coronavirus it has hardened the conditions to incorporate new troops. With the decrease in income, more than 80% of the 42 clubs in the LFP -34 out of 42- now exceed the salary limit, a non-negotiable condition to guarantee their good economic health.
For this reason, the football association, taking into account that the contracts in force for future courses prevent an immediate correction of the monetary imbalance, has decreed that the teams may only allocate 25% of the money entered through transfers and saved to make signings with the payrolls of the footballers who leave.
Alavés will try to reinforce the squad through transfers, a mechanism that has worked well for them in recent seasons
With this situation, the sale of Ermedin
Demirovic to the Freiburg German represents an interesting room for maneuver. The nearly 4 million euros that the Alaves will receive from the German team, added to the amount of the striker's salary, not very high, they open the necessary margin to make movements. Therefore, the Alaves, one more campaign, will resort to the transfer route to avoid paying transfers. Master play of Sergio
Fernandez.
In a short time, the club from Gasteiz also hopes to start releasing several of the players who have returned after their respective assignments. Various sets of Second
TO They look at the babazorro shop window to complete their templates. In the offices of the Paseo de Cervantes, several calls have already been received to inquire about the situation of Burgui, Adrian
Diéguez or Saul
Garcia, among others.
Referrer
With Rodrigo
Battaglia it is expected to enrich the creative capacity in the center of the field. The Italian-Argentine is a positional pivot with the ability to play the ball with solvency. With its incorporation, the Alaves you want an alternative to Thomas
Pineapple.
The manchego, in the last campaigns, has been the main architect in the middle zone. Now, you will have a good complement in the creative mission and, in addition, you will see how the competition increases to earn a place in the starting eleven.
With the arrival of Battaglia, Alavés hopes to gain quality in the midfield with the contribution of the Italian-Argentine, Tomás Pina and Pere Pons
Battaglia He is a footballer who already knows continental football. He has played several games in European competition and has played in one of the greats of the League NOS Portuguese. Therefore, its adaptation to First
Division Spanish, competition of a higher level than that of the neighboring country, seems simpler.
With your contest, the guarantee of having Thomas
Pineapple and the expected step forward of Pere
PonsAfter completing his first adaptation course in the albiazul outfit, everything points to the fact that the Alaves will gain quality in the wide area, an indispensable condition for the proposal of Paul
Machin. Although the Soriano likes to get to the rival area quickly and risk little in the passes, his football needs more elaboration than the proposal of a quick transition to the attack of Asier
Garitano.
The summer rest period has brought serious disgust to Rodrigo
Battaglia. Upon his return to Lisbon, he tested positive for covid-19 and now he waits to recover to restart sports activity. The player contracted the virus during the holidays, which he spent in Spain in the company of Luciano
Vietto, ex of Villarreal and Athletic
of
Madrid, among others. After suffering a knee injury, in the past year he lost prominence in the Sporting
of
Lisbon. Now, when his arrival at the Alaves, he hopes to regain his best level. With 29 years of age in July, he has a contract with the Portuguese entity until June 2023.