Nieto and Puigmal are already from Almería

After the summer holiday, the first day of the season 21-22 in the rojiblanca key has arrived loaded with news, the main ones, the Juanjo Nieto and Arnau Puigmal announcements as new signings for Almería. The other proper name is Curro Sánchez, who has already dressed in the new training clothes of the Almeria team and has passed the medical tests, being one of Rubi's squad, in the absence of the officialization of his entry. Yes he has done the same with the right back and the winger.

The first official entry of the new Almería has been that of Juanjo Nieto (Castellón, 1994), in whom Alfonso García was already interested two summers ago. After two seasons at Oviedo, he was one of the most outstanding right-backs in the Second Division in the last season. Joao Gonçalves and Mohamed El Assy are aware that footballers who know a category as particular as silver are essential to achieve promotion in a course with more pressure than ever.

The Castellón defender lands in the Mediterranean after his contract with the Carbayón club expires, signing with the UDA two seasons plus another optional. Before his 57 starts in his two courses at Oviedo (three goals and seven assists included), he wore the shirts of Hercules, Mallorca, Atlético Balares and Valladolid (in his subsidiary). His new team presents him as a footballer “with a lot of 'nerve', characterized by its depth and travel”, pointing out that he can also act as a winger.

The other signing on Friday was Arnau Puigmal (Barcelona, ​​2001), made official today after closing the deal a few months ago, as AS announced in May. If last summer the Indálica entity fished in Old Trafford to close Ramazani at zero cost, this time it has done the same with a good friend of the Belgian; Not surprisingly, they are from the same fifth, with '32' being a month less. Puigmal ended his contract with Manchester United and now signs until 2026 to prop up the midfield. Almería has presented him as a “eight versatile, whose fundamental characteristic is technique and quality”. With the inferiors of the red devils, he has also played as a winger or winger.

Trained in the Espanyol quarry, he left in the summer of 2017 to the city of Mancuniana, when he ended up in cadet A of the parakeet box. A great performance at the Mediterranean International Cup, a goal included in the final against Barcelona, ​​helped him to be chosen as the best player of the tournament and that the red devils, then trained by José Mourinho, incorporated him. He went with Ramazani to a match in the group stage of the Europa League in Astana in the 19-20 year, a match in which the Belgian made his debut with the rojillo first team. Atlético, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​among other teams, were interested in his services, close to joining the Barça subsidiary last January.

Curro Sánchez also passes the medical tests

Who is already one more in the Almeria discipline is Curro Sánchez. Not in vain, The winger from La Palma del Condado has also passed the medical tests with his new teammates, although the UDA has not yet officially announced its entry. The right-handed winger has ended his contract with Ponferradina (He was previously at Numancia and Sevilla Atlético) and Almería has taken the opportunity to get the services at zero cost of another footballer with experience in the Second Division, beating Eibar, who also wanted it by offering good conditions. After debuting in Primera in April 2016 with Sevilla, adds four seasons in the silver division, chaining 135 games (102 as a starter) and scoring 39 goals.

The red-and-white squad has today undergone the relevant PCR, also passing a cardiological review and a stress test at the Mediterranean Hospital. Other tests are also being carried out in the stadium facilities, with strength tests and exhaustive medical check-ups. Who has many options to pass them is Víctor Meseguer, who liked a lot in his two duels against Almería. The young midfielder (he recently turned 22) from the Murcian town of Alguazas has been one of the most important pieces in the Mirandés, who paid a little more than 100,000 euros to Murcia, climbing the vine a year later to ask for two million euros. Of course, in recent days both entities have approached positions for the midfielder, who has played 38 games this course (34 as a starter), materializing three goals.