Málaga have announced the signing of Paulino de la Fuente. He arrives as a free agent after having finished his contract with Logroñes and signs for two seasonss. He is one of the best dribblers in the category.
For your interest we reproduce the official note provided by the club. Paulino de la Fuente Gómez (Santander, June 27, 1997) is a talented and creative offensive footballer with experience in LaLiga SmartBank. Despite his youth, the player has played 31 games -24 as a starter- last season in the ranks of UD Logroñés.
Paulino stood out from a very young age. At just 16 years old, he was recruited by Inter Milan, where he participated with the first team in a summer preparation match against Mainz 05. The Santander, who had already debuted in a friendly with the 'Rojita' Sub-16 of Santi Denia, premiered with assistance and goal. Later, he returned to Spain to enroll in the Juvenil DH of Atlético de Madrid and, later, in Deportivo Alavés 'B'. In the subsidiary ‘babazorro’ he stood out for his quality and leadership, which made him captain of the squad. His great role allowed him to make the leap to professional football landing at UD Logroñés. The importance of his role in the rojiblanca squad has aroused the interest of various technical areas of the category.
The player finally joins the Málaga CF project as a free agent. The imaginative and electric attacker reinforces a squad that is gradually emerging for the start of the next 21/22 season.
Paulino is the second signing of the season after Javi Jiménez, from Mirandés. It has also renewed the contracts of Jozabed and Chavarría.