Cristian Rodríguez, ‘the CR7 of La Rosaleda’. The Jerez man has fallen to his feet. The former Extremadura player is pleasing with his technical football not without strength and has already put Malaguismo in his pocket with his excellent goal against Alcorcón that gave Malaga three very good points. “We are starting a family. And so it will be very difficult for them to beat us ”, he declared after the game. A great signing of Manolo Gaspar, the club's sports director.
Benkhemassa grows little by little. The Algerian came to Malaga by the imposition of Abdullah Al Thani, but he has never behaved like a plug. He is a footballer of enormous generosity who does not stop running and offering himself to his teammates. But tactically he was observing excess gaps. Against Alcorcón he played his best game. He ran as usual, recovered balls, lost less and also was not out of place. He wants to learn and it shows. Good news.
Juan Cruz, another ‘academic’. We have only had three days and six footballers have already had minutes with a subsidiary file. They are Ismael, Juande, Ale Benítez, Ramón Enríquez, David Larrubia and Juan Cruz. The great quarry of Malaga. There will be more.
Escassi, great captain. Sergio Pellicer decided that Alberto Escassi would act as captain in the last game after Ismael's absence due to injury. The former Numancia player did very well. This is another great example of commitment. He wanted to come to Malaga despite being aware of his complicated institutional moment and having superior offers.
Transfers when falling. In a matter of hours the club can make official the signing of Jairo Samperio, who is still waiting in Malaga for LaLiga to authorize all the paperwork. There is an agreement and the player has passed all the rigorous medical tests. A few years ago Málaga secured an option on him when he transferred Juanmi to Racing. Jairo went to Sevilla, but now he will come. They should also close the goalkeeper Juan Soriano and the Argentine forward of Mallorca, Pablo Chavarría. And pending of Josua Mejías, from Leganés.
What about Luis Muñoz? The Málaga youth squad has not finished signing his new return. What happens? Why is it not announced that it is still in La Rosaleda? Good question.
And of course the AFE. This Monday we will again have a telematic meeting between the judicial administrator of Malaga (José María Muñoz, hereinafter AJ), the club's works council and the Association of Spanish Footballers (hereinafter AFE). It is supposed to be final because the dates are running out. This looks like AJ will remain uncompromising. It will be necessary to see if players like Lombán, Boulahroud, or Renato Santos accept the ax blow and continue. Either that or the Employment Regulation File (hereinafter ERE). Like the rest.
Luis Hernandez. One of the footballers included in the ERE. Unlike other teammates, due to different circumstances, he has entered the three calls, but has not played a single minute. He has a contract until 2024 (which he renewed in exchange for another pay cut). A shame. He is a footballer of hierarchy for any club.