In Girona, calm prevails regarding the transfer market, but it is a tense calm. There are many players in their squad who are on the radar of big European clubs. It seems like a long summer at Montilivi and apart from the fact that it will not be easy to build a Champions League team, they have to deal with the constant calls at their door asking about some of their players. The spotlight is especially on Artem Dovbyk and Viktor Tsygankov, but Miguel Gutiérrez is not escaping them either. The left-back is in full preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and will attract, if possible, even more attention.
Miguel Gutiérrez is going to be in the spotlight worldwide and his participation with Spain at the Games is the icing on the cake of his excellent season with Girona. At 22 years old, he has many European clubs enthralled, but the red-and-white club is confident that he will continue for at least one more year. The Champions League is attractive to him and, in addition, with Míchel Sánchez he believes that he can continue to take giant steps forward as a footballer. He has been establishing himself as an undisputed footballer for two seasons and last year he exploded as a goalscorer (two) and an assist-giver (seven). Numbers and a level of play that earned him a call-up for Santi Denia for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Girona are in favour of the fact that they have the player well tied up, with a contract that does not expire until 2027. But Real Madrid can ‘torpedo’ him because the white club, in addition to having 50 percent of the player’s rights, has a purchase option of only eight million euros. A figure very far from what the rest of the European clubs would have to pay to get him since his termination clause is 35 million. Miguel Gutiérrez, a Real Madrid youth player, of course, if he has the opportunity to return, dreams of succeeding at Real Madrid, but his present is at a Girona that has made him happy and would allow him to continue accumulating many quality minutes in the First Division and in the Champions League. The player remains on the sidelines, but there will come a time when he will have to decide. Girona is his priority, but there are other clubs knocking on his door, such as Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund, and of course, he is hesitant.
The future belongs to him and it won’t be easy to decide, but it seems clear that after the Olympic Games, Miguel will have to make a choice: Girona, Real Madrid, go to the Premier League or the Bundesliga. There are many options for a footballer who will have the Olympics as a showcase and who cannot let himself go too much because if Spain reaches the fight for the medals he would not be free until August 11 (the final and the fight for bronze is on August 10). And Girona’s league debut is on August 15, against Betis. By then, the red-and-white club hopes to have Miguel Gutiérrez.
Sergi Cardona, in the chamber
Girona, in planning their squad for next season, have Miguel Gutiérrez, Daley Blind and even Valery Fernández as left-backs. A position that, a priori, seems to be covered, but no doors can be closed. And even more so if Miguel opts to leave or Real Madrid decides to buy him back. The sporting director, Quique Cárcel, is attentive to everything that the market can offer and for that reason, there is a player who is on the list of left-backs: Sergi Cardona. At 24 years old he is without a team after finishing his contract with Las Palmas and the player himself, in Jijantes, did not hesitate to ‘sell’ himself to Girona. He is from Lloret de Mar and did not hide that “my family is pushing me to go to Girona.” It seems like a long summer, but it is clear that Cardona is not a bad option. Last year, with Las Palmas, he played 35 games in Primera and scored one goal and two assists.
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2024-07-04 11:17:05
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