Girona has made official this Friday afternoon what was an open secret for days now, Míchel Sánchez has become Francisco's replacement and has signed with the Girona team until June of the next season with the option of a more.
Míchel, whom Quique Cárcel has had to convince so that his arrival in Girona could be given, has been the option that the technical secretariat and the property have liked the most. There have been many alternatives, but finally the experience of the former Rayo and Huesca in the Second Division has turned out to be decisive for the agreement to be reached.
The negotiations were well advanced since last weekend, but the latest fringes and details have caused the announcement to take longer than expected and that is that Girona will start the preseason on Monday, in three days, and it was the only team of professional football whose bench was still orphaned.
Full of promotions in its two full seasons in Second
Despite his short career as a professional soccer coach, Míchel Sánchez has made two promotions to the First Division in the three seasons he has been a coach in the silver category. At the end of the 2016-2017 season, the Madrilenian came to the Rayo bench to finish the last 16 days at the head of Vallecas, but it was the following season in which, in command from the beginning, he achieved the first of the two promotions. to First. The promotion meant his continuity in command of Rayo, but in the following season, 2017-2018 ended up descending. The second attempt was good again. Míchel came to the Alcoraz bench to lead Huesca in the Second Division and he did it, he achieved full promotions in his second full season in the Smartbank League. The following season he was only 18 games in command of the Huesca team, in which he coincided with Álex Gallar, and he was fired. His numbers in the silver category are 49 wins, 24 draws and 27 losses in the 100 games he has played.
A template with many questions
Míchel Sánchez will have a lot of work ahead of him to excite Girona and its people again. In addition, to all this, it is added that the Madrid coach will have to work in this preseason knowing that there are many movements that will be in the squad. A high number of footballers, starting for example with Samu Saiz, will have to abandon the Girona discipline, while others will have to take their place.