Gio Zarfino, one step away from being a new Tenerife player

Juan Carlos Cordero informed in the presentation of Fran Fernández that this week he was going to announce the first reinforcement and the chosen one will be Gio Zarfino who will arrive on loan from Extremadura.

Until this August 5 there was a deadline for the Uruguayan to find accommodation and it was the Tenerife the one who was ahead of the rest of the midfielder's suitors and unless radical change, the signing will be announced in the next few hours.

Sapphire, born in Uruguay 28 years ago, arrived in Almendralejo three seasons ago and participated in the campaign for promotion to the Second Division, where Extremadura remained the last two years. The descent to Second B It has been decisive for his departure.

“I am very happy here. In three years I made many friends and I feel like in my neighborhood, but for the club and for me it will be difficult to continue “, he told a few days ago in an interview. He was already aware that he had important suitors. So ingrained was he there that he just opened a restaurant.

Last season, Zarfino was one of the most used players. He accumulated 31 league games and scored five goals, one of them at Tenerife in the victory of the Estremadura at Heliodoro (1-2).

It is a midfielder with a lot of deployment and temperament and, in addition, has reached the rival area. He works to continue progressing as he continues to dream of playing in First and have any option to debut in the Uruguayan team.