Fernando Soriano, sports director of UD Ibiza, continues to work hard these days to make the best possible template ahead of the historic debut of the Ibizan club in LaLiga SmartBank. In the task of continuing to find signings that support the team, there is a front still to close in the chapter of renewals. One of those who is resisting is that of striker Sergio CastelAlthough the club is optimistic and confident that the attacker will end up opting to continue wearing light blue in the 21-22 season.
Sources of the Balearic entity assured this Thursday to AS that, even though Castel hasn't renovated yet, they trust that the operation is closed in the coming days.
The footballer was one of the fundamental pieces in the promotion achieved last year, and one of the men in which Juan Carlos Carcedo, the coach of the Pitiuso block, he put a lot of trust. After the good result, it was always clear from the club that they had to retain the striker, who played for Ibiza on loan from Atlético de Madrid. In the celestial entity, they see the Basque as a player with potential, as demonstrated last year, and who can offer a lot of performance in the silver category.
Last year, Castel, who is 26 years old, scored a total of ten goals with the Ibiza jacket, two of them against Celta de Vigo in the First Division, which was eliminated by the Pitiusos in the Copa del Rey. In addition, he also achieved so many in the League that they were very valuable to add the necessary points for his team to end up as group 3 champion of the Second B.
With regard to the section of new faces, at the moment only the pivot has arrived Kevin Appin (from Hercules), the extreme Miki Villar (from Compostela) and the midfielder Mateusz bogusz (on loan from English Leeds).