Omar Mascarell, option for Valencia to leader of Elche

Elche and Valencia will meet next Saturday in a very important game for both sets. The locals will try to strengthen your candidacy for the European places while visitors will search get a little further away from danger posts. One of the main weapons of the people of Elche to achieve their purpose will be Omar Mascarell, a midfielder who has won the gallons of the medullary and that on Saturday he will play at the Mestalla as a visitor … Although he could well have done it at home.

And is that Spanish was on the table in the offices of the Valencia Football Club last summer market, in an operation that was close to being undertaken but never carried out. Omar interested Valencia for his experience in the elite of football, ability to leadership in difficult situations (he came from being captain at Schalke and in the current squad where youth predominates), and above all because of their relationship price quality.

The conditions in which the player could come were well received in the entity, so the player received a good feed-back of the Mestalla complex, so decided to wait for them for practically a month and a half. But nevertheless, the days passed and Valencia did not take the final step for Omar for two reasons. The first, because José Bordalás was not convinced of the signing, as well as not part of the technical secretariat. The second, because the coach hoped to be able to go for a midfielder with a higher profile in the last bars of summer, as for example Arambarri.

Time passed and in the absence of signs, Mascarell opted for Elche, a project that convinced him and that had transferred his total confidence from minute one. Omar arrived free to Elche, he signed for only one season and in amounts that Valencia could have assumed. What happened in Mestalla is already known, finally no midfielder arrived and curiously, This winter market the club will try to ‘catch’ a midfielder in the conditions in which it could have closed Mascarell.

A leader in Elche

The Spanish took little or nothing to establish itself in the Elche group. Mascarell has played every game with Elche since he landed at the club and his importance was capital for Escribá and for the moment it is being for Francisco. Your data speaks for itself: 1.2 tackles per game, 1.3 interceptions, 1.8 punts … And what is more striking: 88% accuracy in the pass, taking into account that a large part of them are long displacements, a quality that Bordalás precisely tries to give his core players. Omar’s numbers are more than remarkable in the defensive section as well as in the offensive, so it would have fit well in the club che.