Malaga is making a readjustment in its concept of squad almost unprecedented in Spanish football. If a few days ago the club announced the renewal until 2023 of another of its homegrown players, the winger Kevin, now the turn has been for the right back (he can also play on the left) Ale Benítez until June 2022.
This bet to secure its base with players trained in the Academy It is the path that the club has set itself, given the limitations imposed by a salary limit of only 2,964 million euros, by far the lowest in professional football. They are players who in the not too distant future can be revalued. So far this decade, Málaga has achieved more than 70 million euros thanks to the transfers of players trained in its lower echelons.
Since Manolo Gaspar took the bull by the horns, in just one year he has managed to renew Hicham, Ismael Casas, Juande, Cristo, Haitam, Larrubia, Ramón, Gonzalo, Loren, Julio and the aforementioned Kevin and Ale Benítez. To these players we can add goalkeeper Kellyan, who was later loaned to Ibiza or Luis Muñoz who now has a professional contract. If you add us, we get 14 young talents tied up.
In statements provided by the Ale Benítez club, he showed all his happiness. “It's a dream come true, but you have to keep working. For us it is a unique opportunity that the club is supporting the youth team so much. A dream will be to play at La Rosaleda with an audience ”.