Manolo Gaspar is still in the midst of ups and downs to shape the Málaga 2020-21 squad and several of the negotiations he has open are beginning to bear fruit. In addition to Escassi, whose incorporation has been closed for days, the blue and white sports director also has On track the signings of goal Dani Barrio and forward Orlando Sá (Barcelos, Portugal, 5-26-1988).
These two footballers are free and would arrive at La Rosaleda at zero cost. AS revealed last Saturday its interest in the goalkeeper and has now been able to confirm that the negotiation is very well under way and the agreement is practically a fact. Dani Barrio has played all 42 league matches with Numancia this season, in which he conceded 53 goals, leaving a clean sheet in 13 games.
The negotiation for the 32-year-old Portuguese forward, pointed out by A Ball and confirmed by AS, it is also seen practically finished. The striker arrives from the Standard de Liège with the freedom card under his arm. This last season he has not played any official match due to a serious injury suffered in the Achilles tendon. In his three previous seasons at the Belgian club he played a total of 88 games in which he scored 32 goals: 17 in 2016-17, 10 in 2017-18 and 4 in 2018-19. During his Belgian tour, he made a brief hiatus between February and July 2018 to play for Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League.
Orlando Sá was trained as a player at Sporting de Braga and throughout his career he has defended the jerseys of Porto, Madeira National, Fulham, AEL Limassol, Legia Warsaw, Reading and Maccabi from Tel Aviv. In addition, he was an Under-21 international with Portugal and Carlos Queiroz made him debut with the senior team in a friendly against Finland in 2009.