Jimbee Cartagena has urgently repatriated Alberto Saura from Belgium to replace Juanan Moraleja. Who suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee last Friday during the match against Family Cash Alzira. It has been a swift operation to secure the transfer of the Cartagena center. Who will arrive on loan from Anderlecht until the end of the season.
Saura’s name was on the table at Viña Albali Valdepeñas and Real Betis, among other First Division teams, as an offer in the winter market. However, he will finally return to Jimbee, a team for which he already played in the 2016-17 season. After stints with the Italian side Imola, Antequera and Córdoba, he signed with Anderlecht last summer, playing in the Champions League.
The 29-year-old international has a contract with the Belgians until 2025 and has played 16 games, scoring 9 goals this campaign. He is not the only player to leave the Belgian team, as the Brazilian Marcenio has returned to Brazil to sign for Jaragua after five months in Belgium. The next could be Vilela, heading to the Atlantic, who was proclaimed champion of the Brazilian National League.
The Spanish Super Cup champion has demonstrated its capacity for reaction and ambition as the host of the next edition of the Spanish Cup.
Saura is an immediate performance signing and will have time to adapt to Duda’s tactical schemes during the league break. After the regional derby in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey against ElPozo Murcia.
The player, a native of La Unión, is already in Cartagena and will train this afternoon at the Palacio de los Deportes with his new teammates. If Duda considers it appropriate, he could make his debut in front of his fans. Precisely in the duel of maximum regional rivalry. In whose subsidiary he played for three seasons and won a League title in the Second Division.
The Spanish-Brazilian coach does not rule out using him, as he only has one center at his disposal, which is Pablo Ramírez. Ramírez will play with discomfort after his injury in the Spanish Super Cup final. At the Olivo Arena to Brazilian Waltinho will return in mid-February after suffering a subchondral fracture of the peroneal malleolus with tenosynovitis of the peroneus brevis and longus of his right ankle.
Finally, it should be noted that Jimbee Cartagena has announced the renewal of Juanan. Moments after confirming the serious diagnosis of his injury and the signing of Saura. The Melonero club has executed the unilateral option to extend the contract of the young left-handed center (23 years) for one more season. He arrived from Real Betis in 2022, and this campaign, he has played 15 games and scored 3 goals.