Weekend without free time for the sports director of Girona, Quique Cárcel. In the last hours, much progress has been made in the transfers of Rodrigo Riquelme and Yangel Herrera and it is expected that, if there are no last minute surprises, before Monday they will already be rojiblancos. The agreements with the players are closed and only the last fringes are missing to close with their respective teams. Riquelme belongs to Atlético de Madrid and before leaving for Girona he must sign his renewal with the mattress club and Herrera is owned by Manchester City. Once their arrivals are finalized, Girona will already have four players on loan this year. He would still have room for maneuver to tie other players on loan because this campaign the maximum quota is eight.
Riquelme would be the first of the two assignments to close because they have been working on it for a long time and Míchel is in love with a footballer who can adapt perfectly to his idea of the game. Also, the young 22-year-old player would bring versatility to his attack, since he can act at both ends and as a midfielder. Riquelme already stood out last season at Mirandés and this year he is ready to make the final leap to First Division. And, according to Olocip’s Artificial Intelligence, with Míchel it would end up exploding because the prediction that is made is that, if he plays 75% of the minutes in LaLiga, he would score around five goals with the ball in play and dish out five assists.
On the other hand, and as for Yangel Herrera, Girona wants to exploit its agreement with the City Group again and tie up the midfielder who belongs to Manchester City. as it progressed Nile Sola, the rojiblanco club has preference in its transfer, ahead of other clubs such as Espanyol. Of course, if the parakeet club wanted him, he had to pay for his transfer. With Herrera, Girona would gain quality and experience in midfield. He has played 100 games in the First Division (16 with Huesca, 61 with Granada and 23 with Espanyol last season), signing six goals and five assists. And ten in the Europa League, all with Granada. The Venezuelan would be received with open arms in the Girona dressing room because he has old acquaintances. She would meet again with ‘Taty’ Castellanos, with whom she coincided in 2018 in New York City.