Rescue Gassama landed in Malaga in the last days of August like the icing on the cake, the star reinforcement of an exciting project. LaLiga’s agreement with the CVC fund increased Malaga’s salary margin, which sought to make a leap in quality with the arrival of the powerful Valladolid striker. The bet required a very important effort at an economic levelwell above the average of recent seasons. The club even had to face to a payment to Valladolid for the transfer.
However, the result has not been anything like what was expected. The passage of the striker through La Rosaleda is being one huge drag for the club. He arrived in poor physical condition, limping, and he has not raised his head throughout the year. He has not picked up the tone at any time of the course and, despite playing almost always residual minutesdoes not stop suffering muscular setbacks that prevent him from entering the calls often.
His time at Malaga is, until now, an absolute fiasco. And it doesn’t look like it’s going to get much better. Since he arrived at Malaga after matchday three, he has missed up to eight games due to various muscular problems and he has seen another game complete from the bench. He has not participated in nine of the 25 clashes that Malaga has played with him in his ranks. In the remaining 15 stakes he has added 601 minutes of play and two goals, one at home against Las Palmas (2-1) and another in Eibar (2-2). The star signing of the 2021-22 project He has only been a starter five times. Demolition Man.
Roberto, a youth squad who until very recently was a youth, he overtook on the right almost from the first day. The club does not lose hope that he can acquire an acceptable physical tone and can help the team as expected before the end of the season. To this day, he looks like a chimera.
Chavarría is also almost unpublished
The other nine of the blue and white squad, Pablo Chavarría, also has a season to forget. The serious knee injury he suffered last season did not allow him to play his first minutes of the season until matchday 13, in Oviedo. Since then He has participated in six League matches and one Cup match, with a total of 233 minutes and a more than debatable performance. After his return he has also suffered several muscle mishaps and even today he is still far from being in good physical condition. this past weekend returned to the call and played the last 12 minutes of the match against Real Sociedad B.
To serious performance problems of the two reference forwards you have to add the slump that Brandon has hit quite a few days ago. The Balearic attacker has gone from more to less and lately his contribution is being completely inconsequential. In his case, he has added five goals, three of them penalties, and he was an important piece in the team’s good start at La Rosaleda. However, he has spent too many days without news of him on the pitch.
These serious problems that Málaga is suffering with its forwards and in front of goal led the club to trying unsuccessfully to incorporate a striker in the winter market and currently having Adrián López on trial at La Rosaleda. At the moment, the former striker for Porto, Atlético, Villarreal or Osasuna, among others, is recovering from an injury. When he recovers he will join the group and if he acquires a minimally adequate tone and level, Málaga will sign him since he is a free player. His incorporation into the squad for all purposes will depend on how he evolves and the level he is capable of reaching before the end of the competition.
Malaga urgently needs a goal. He is one of those who has seen the least goal so far this season (24 goals scored in 28 games) and he is showing tremendous shortcomings to generate chances and score goals. Therein lies one of the great evils of a team that is in free fall and that must improve many things if it does not want to experience a dramatic end to the season.