Perea assaults the Leganés bench in the Second Division

He Leganes closed yesterday at night (the official announcement was made at 23:49) the signing of Luis Perea, 23-year-old Madrid midfielder from Osasuna. The incorporation of this vigorous mid-center (it measures 1.91 meters, a stem) is relevant in economic terms and in sports investment. In fact, the three million euros spent on his arrival in Butarque make it the most expensive transfer in the history of the Leganes in Second and, incidentally, in the fifth most expensive in the club's history.

The other four footballers for whom Leganés invested more money are not much further than what it cost Perea. The first place is occupied In Nesyri and Arnáiz, both with an investment of about 5 million euros. Behind them, Omeruo (4.5 million) and Braithwaite (4 millions). Perea has been only a ‘kilo’ of the Danish now in the FC Barcelona, equaled with Jonathan silva (it also cost 3 million) and above other prominent names such as Siovas (2.7 million), Diego Rico (one million) or Gabriel Pires (800,000 euros) to give three examples.

First expense of the summer

Operation of Perea It is also relevant in terms of the current transfer market for several reasons. The first is that it breaks the trend of Leganes, which until now had moved with free players to whom, in some cases, it had come to offer relevant salaries, provided that the transfer was free.

It happened with Jorge Molina, with which his signing was applauded at zero cost in exchange for keeping his salary for two seasons in the Getafe, that is: 1.5 million euros. Only the mediation of Pomegranate avoided handover. This is the first signing after relegation in which the Lega invest in the transfer. Sergio Gonzalez has arrived for free after ending contract with him Mirandés and Rober Ibáñez he does it on loan.

Exercise of financial power

Investment by Perea It is, furthermore, a movement of force exerted for the first time by the Leganes in a long time to solve a more competitive operation. In recent months the club was used to sporting a more conservative and less aggressive stance. This is: in the event of a dispute, it always seemed others who took the player prior exercise of economic investment, despite the fact that the Leganes it enjoys good coffers.

This time it was the Lega the one that has pulled financial muscle to prevail in a dispute with other interested teams. He Fuenlabrada He was the one that had the most advance, but his operation was going to take the form of a loan, at which point the Lega pressed the accelerator to offer a (very) juicy transfer and a good salary to the player. This time it was the pepineros who took the cat into the water.

No need to sell

Finally, this signing of Perea It shows that Leganés does not need to sell, on the contrary, to survive in this summer transfer market. With the coffers boosted by the sales of En Nesyri and Braithwaite and aid for the decline (15 million) in Butarque They are not going to throw the house out the window, but neither are they going to be tempted to put players on the market out of financial necessity, which is insurance for relevant players (read Arnaiz, for example) can continue one more season.