With the renewal of Diego Lopez completely stopped, Oier Olazábal also at the end of his contract (Espanyol can execute the extinction of it for a tiny amount) and without having participated these two and a half years, the goal for next season may undergo a revolution. Some names have already come out, and the last one to which AS can have access is that of Alvaro Fernandez24-year-old goalkeeper.
Born in Arnedo (La Rioja), the meta has contract with Huesca but this last campaign has played in the Premier League Brentford, where he has participated in 12 games and has received 24 goals. Besides, he was U-21 international, silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games and managed to debut with the absolute in that famous match prior to the 2021 European Championship in which the coach Luis Enrique had to resort, due to COVID-19, to players from the second team. Javi Puado made his debut with a goal, while Fernández defended the goal of the Spain-Lithuania match that ended 4-0.
The goalkeeper has been precocious and has experience in both First and Second in Spain. In the 2019-20 campaign he was the goal holder of Huesca when promoted to First: he played 36 games. The following course, and although he alternated the goal with AAndres Fernandez, he came to play 22 games, although he could not achieve the goal of permanence. Since the age of 21, the meta has competed at the highest level and has experience.
Before leaving for the Premier, Fernández renewed contract with Huesca until 2024, but the progression of the goalkeeper means that he cannot play next season in the Second Division, so he is on the market. Y Espanyol is positioned there, which has it on its agenda. Waiting for the first domino to move, Álvaro is one of the many alternatives that the sports management manages.
Trained in Osasuna quarry, at the age of 18 he made his debut in the First Division circumstantially against Villarreal. From then on he has lived many adventures, but without roots. He has been through Mónaco Bthe Estremadura and Huesca, where he had more continuity until he reached Brentford. He now he feels prepared to make a career in First and settle down.