Sekou and the ‘no fear’ clause

Sekou Gassama was Málaga’s most important signing after LaLiga lifted the sanction that prevented him from registering more than 18 professional signings. The La Rosaleda club reached an agreement with Valladolid to obtain the transfer of him in exchange for a considerable effort the economic situation of Malaga assumed by Manolo Gaspar, sports director..

The Costa del Sol entity had to pay what is now known as the ‘transfer premium’. About 250,000 euros and assume a chip close to 500,000 eurosyes Apparently it was a good bet because Sekou is a good striker with an eye for goal. After playing 45′ with the Pucelano team against Zaragoza, the operation was closed.

As usually happens in this type of negotiations, Valladolid included the famous ‘fear clause’ that prevented Malaga from lining up in Zorrilla and that will not allow him to be used by the new coach, Pablo Guede, this Saturday in Malaga.

But the performance of Granollers has been disappointing. Injuries have punished him more than necessary. He was already injured when he was going to debut in the Mediterranean Games against Almería, matchday 4. Since then his career has been a slide. Only two goals scored against Las Palmas and Eibar that, at least, helped Málaga add three more points (two after breaking the 1-1 against the Canaries and another one to balance Ipurúa’s 2-1). So you can see what it adds up to have a striker with a goal…

His stats are not good. Of the 34 games that we have played in the championship, he has participated in 18, and in only five of them has he been a starter, accumulating just over 600 minutes. Very poor data for what was expected of him.

In recent games, despite the fact that he has entered the calls, he has not left the bench. Paulino, Roberto, Brandon, Chavarría and Antoñín have overtaken him. Furthermore, this week the young Loren Zuniga He is training with the first team and has a good chance of being used by Guede in this important match. And more considering that the team can suffer numerous absences. Julio, another striker from La Academia, is also in the room. Sekoy Gassama is going to have to make a lot of effort to be able to once again be a reference for a Málaga where he has disappointed.