The Zaragoza of Francés and Francho

French and Francho. O Francho and French, because he mounts so much, he mounts both the central and the mid-center. Both, genuine products from the Aragonese quarry, completed a great game and they were fundamental in the victory against Eibar, a triumph of justice that has placed Real Zaragoza eighth, four points from the ‘playoff’, and has returned the illusion al zaragocismo, after the defeat against Leganés and the draw against Amorebieta.

French was the one who put sign to victory when he volleyed a corner from Francho, but his entire game was an exhibition of his qualities as central. Francho, for his part, shone perhaps more than ever and his physical display was prodigious. AND it has influenced and not little that Juan Ignacio Martinez he is now positioning him as a pure midfielder, rather than advancing his position as a kind of midfielder, for which he is not so gifted.

The Real Zaragoza has been surviving these last nine years in the Second Division thanks to the sale of half a dozen footballers forged in their lower categories, as have been the cases of Vallejo, Diego Rico, Pep Biel, Soro, Raúl Guti or Pombo. In total, something more than 20 million euros, to which we would have to add lower figures for other homegrown players. And all because lately there is no summer that Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Atlético or Villarreal do not fish in the Ciudad Deportiva del Zaragoza.

Now the two that are on the exit ramp are the international Under-21 French and Francho, especially the first, whose season is being excellent and is already on the agenda of several Spanish clubs -fundamentally, the Sevilla– and Europeans. French Alexander, 19-year-old still receives the minimum salary in the Second Division (80,000 euros), despite being promised, at the just like Francho, an improvement that has not yet occurred. He has a contract until 2024 and a clause of rescission of 10 million in Second, which rises to 20 in the First Division, but everything indicates that it will be sold for less than its armor, except that in Real Zaragoza there is a shareholding change in the coming weeks, which does not seem easy.

The sports limited company, with a net debt still of 67 million, has serious treasury problems and the CEO and Vice President Sáinz de Varanda, nephew of the majority shareholder Cesar Alierta, for days the idea of resort to selling French in this winter market, although the central defender would always exhaust the season at Zaragoza. Nothing would have a greater answer in these moments between the zaragocismo, already very critical of the ‘main’ of the club, that the transfer of Francés, who should be the franchise player of Real Zaragoza for many seasons, or at least to help cement the long-awaited promotion to First Division, but everything indicates that this will be your last season at Real Zaragoza, although not everyone in the Board of Directors would approve this operation.

And in similar circumstances it’s found Francho serrano, which Real Madrid already tested for its Castilla subsidiary last season. Francho, 20, has a contract with Real Zaragoza until 2024 and his termination clause is 8 million euros in Second and 30 million in First. And he also receives the minimum wage in the Second Division, which is a real offense compared to other players who receive three or four times more and their performance is significantly lower.