Malaga is already fully involved in the market. The sports management led by Manolo Gaspar has spent many weeks trying to detect the best existing options to give a leap in quality to the squad. The roadmap drawn a priori has been somewhat altered for some time. A creative midfielder and a forward are the club’s top priorities for this coming January. What’s more, The arrival of a wing player and even a central defender is not ruled out either., although in the latter cases it will depend on what the market offers.
There are many possibilities open to Manolo Gaspar, but as AS has learned, without losing sight of the Second Division, the main fishing ground in which Málaga is looking is the First Division. The sports director is very attentive to the large list of top-flight players who have had a few minutes in this first part of the season and who are open to going out in search of prominence and playing minutes even in the Second Division.
Malaga suffers from a lack of goal. Sekou has scored two goals in two strokes, but his contribution to date has been very discreet and his physical problems, constant. For his part, Pablo Chavarría is still far from his ideal level after the serious knee injury he suffered last year. Hence the need to reinforce the attack. The team needs a punch and, therefore, some reinforcement that is decisive in the final meters.
The serious injury to Luis Muñoz and the recent ailments of Jozabed and Ramón, who must return to the fold during the month of January, have exposed obvious shortcomings in midfield, especially at a creative level. “We lack players who give us football,” lamented José Alberto after the painful defeat suffered against Leganés. And in those is the club, in incorporating a substitute for Luis Muñoz who improves the distribution and the Blue and White offensive flow.
The wing player and the central player are less of a priority, but Gaspar and his team remain very attentive to any option that may arise. The umpteenth muscle injury of Hicham, who this time suffers a myofascial ailment in the quadriceps of his left leg, the poor performance of Jairo and Antoñín and the physical problems of Kevin or Paulino have reinforced the idea of keeping in mind the possibility of looking for a winger.
Something similar happens with the rear axle. Juande’s injury has exposed the tremendous deficiencies of Lombán and Peybernes, who have accumulated a handful of horrible performances and sown endless doubts around the team’s defensive performance. In this case, the club will only consider an incorporation if the circumstances exist to add to the project a defender with certain guarantees and with a holder’s band.