Martínez will use the subsidiary to visit La Tumba del PAOK

Granada visit PAOK Thessaloniki on Thursday to finish the group stage of the Europa League. The Nasrid team has done its job well and is already classified for the round of 32, so at stake, in addition to the economic amount of the European competition, is the leadership in which it is the Granada debut in Europe. The victory would leave them in the first position no matter what happens in the clash between PSV and Omonia. The rest are guesswork. For that reason, Diego Martínez plans to rotate and give rest to the usual starters. In fact, in today's session he has worked with five players from the subsidiary, those who are registered on the UEFA B list, and they will probably travel to Hellenic lands to complete the summons. It is even expected that some of them will start in the clash.

The five faces are not new for the Galician coach, as most of them have already worked with the first team at some point this season and some have even debuted with the majors. In the case of goalkeeper Arnau, he is traveling regularly with the team. It is the third goal of the Andalusian team and did not debut in the league in that low-minimum match against Real Sociedad as they had to stay in quarantine after having been in Cyprus. You may have your chance though Aarón could also make his debut this season, the second goal in the shadow of Rui Silva and who has not played any minute this season yet.

In defence, right back Pepe already knows what it is like to play this season with the first team. He did it against Omonia in the Los Cármenes game due to the absence of suitable players in that position and he was also a starter in the league in the clash against Real Sociedad. And, despite having traveled to Cyprus, Pepe had already passed the coronavirus and had antibodies. He also plays defense, in this case as central, Torrente. The young footballer was on the trip to Cyprus and could not make his debut against Real Sociedad due to having to keep quarantine like the rest of his classmates.

The other two footballers play in the center of the field. Aranda, at 18 years old, is one of the players who is shining the most in the Andalusian subsidiary, who plays in Segunda B. The young player already knows what it means to defend the Granada shirt, although not this season. It was in the past, when he played the first half of the Cup match against Tamaraceite. Also know what is to play the KO Isma Ruiz tournament. He is another of the pearls of the quarry and has been international in lower categories with La Roja. He officially debuted in the Cup against Hospitalet.

In any case, we will have to wait for training on Wednesday before the trip to Greece to see which players Diego Martínez can count on. Víctor Díaz and Azeez worked on the grass yesterday, although they still do not have a medical discharge and surely the coach does not want to risk with the return of the right-back, since the midfielder will not be able to play in the Europa League as he is not on the UEFA list. The rest of the injured, Vico, Montoro, Vallejo and Neyder continue to work on recovering from their respective ailments.