Sekou and Ontiveros: Manolo Gaspar's double

Manolo Gaspar has achieved a good double. Sekou and Ontiveros will be Málaga players for next season after one of the most important efforts undertaken by the club since its post-Al Thani stage began.

Sekou Gassama will be Málaga's new player for next season. The Spanish-Senegalese forward will arrive on loan from Valladolid to be the eleventh signing of the Costa del Sol. In the next few hours the club can make it official.

It is about a footballer long persecuted by Manolo Gaspar. The Málaga sports director had been behind this player for more than three years, but the economic and institutional circumstances of the club did not make this arrival possible. Now yes.

Sekou is a forward strong and with an interesting scoring nose. At the time when the Saudi Sheikh Turki Al-Sheikh bought Almería, this player scored two goals against Málaga, one in the preseason and the other already in a league match won by the Almería 0-1. Portuguese coach Pedro Emanuel trusted him a lot and started by scoring five goals in a row. But it is seen that the powerful owners of the club did not think it was media enough with Darwin Núñez or Appiah being there for whom millionaire amounts were paid.

Not having opportunities in the Mediterranean Games, the one from Granollers went to Valladolid, which, in turn, yielded to Fuenlabrada where he did quite well. Now he will be the reference striker for this Málaga who has had a great scorer since the days of Salomón Rondón.

Fran Sánchez, sports director of Valladolid, referred to the player in the following terms. “Sekou is another player that we have tried to convince to be here because he is going to have an important role, but from day one he has said that he does not want to be. As we said from the beginning, we are going to mark the limits from the club, but we want people with enthusiasm. He has shown us his willingness to go out and we will see what happens in the next few days. “

Ontiveros was not so impossible

On the other hand, the talks between Málaga and Villarreal to obtain the loan of Javier Ontiveros have come to fruition. Agreement with Villarreal. Manolo Gaspar commented last Wednesday in a conference that his arrival at La Rosaleda was “almost impossible” due to financial reasons. But the operation could not be considered ruled out because all the parties wanted an agreement to be reached; Villarreal because they will not have a footballer standing that Emery does not have; Malaga because it takes a sensational player and the latter, because it returns home. All happy.