Ipurua's wardrobe is starting to get small. Eibar currently has 25 players in the first team, the maximum that is allowed, something very rare if one takes into account that Jose Luis Mendilibar They tend to like short squads, with a maximum of 22 or 23 footballers, two per position more or less. The atypical situation to which it is having to adapt due to the pandemic forces all teams to take care of themselves in case their players catch the chain virus, preventing them from presenting to a competition match with the minimum required, hence the gunsmiths have made such a long squad for 20/21.
However, having all the chips covered greatly hinders the club's margin of movement in the winter market. In the armory offices the option of having to incorporate a player in January to reinforce the team is not ruled out, although beforehand some piece that does not quite fit into the puzzle of the Zaldibar technician must be given out in order to make room for the new ones .
Jon Ander Ulazia, Eibar counselor, explained on Thursday during the club's Shareholders' Meeting that in the summer they already tried to release several players from the team, with whom an agreement was not reached, so they ended up staying in the discipline Guipuzcoana. He gave no names, but Fran Garagarza and company will try to do the same now, always bearing in mind that it is much more difficult to find accommodation for a player with the competitions underway. As revealed Ulazia, “The club is going to work” in trying to find options for the youngest and those who count the least so that they continue to “develop even in lower categories.”
Margin with salary limit
And as revealed also Jon Ander Ulazia Before the shareholders of Eibar, the accounts of the entity are in green. The pandemic has caused that this season the salary limit is not like that of other years. However, the club will not have any problem if it needs to move in the January market.
Amaia Gorostiza and its board presented data of just over 42 million euros, of which almost 31 and a half are invested in paying salaries. The rest, to amortize additions such as Damian Kadzior, for example, or other club expenses.
These data, together with the salary mass that would be released in the event of any departure from the team, allow Eibar to be calm in the face of future expenses in the form of incorporations.
The contract of Marko dmitrovic It ends on June 20, 2021, just at the end of this season. That means that the Serbian goalkeeper, undisputed since his arrival in Ipurua and one of the most important men on the team, has the option of signing with any other club from 1 January. Jon Ander Ulazia admitted Thursday that “we have held talks” for its expansion, although “not only with Marko, but with several players who finish their contract in 2021 ”. Kike
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