The Uruguayan is already in England where his signing will be made official in the next few hours
The central defender leaves the ranks of Girona after four seasons and 120 games played
Santi Bueno, which will become the highest sale in the history of Girona, is already in England, where he will soon announce his signing for Wolverhampton. The Uruguayan central defender only had to pass the tests, the last procedure for the transfer, which will range between ten and twelve million euros, to be a reality. Well, he has already said goodbye to his former teammates and will leave Girona after four seasons and 120 games played. The club will reserve 20% of a future sale of the footballer, who will sign until 2028.
Bueno’s goodbye is a hard bump to digest for Girona, which sells the player for approximately half of his termination clause, stipulated in 25 million; and painful for the fans, who held the footballer in high esteem. Only time will tell if the business is round or, perhaps, a higher sale could have been made, knowing the amounts that move in the Premier League and that Girona, despite acknowledging that it is a selling club in order to grow , had to become strong in the negotiation. Some days agoMíchel assured that it was not part of his plans to lose any of the indisputable starters, or key pieces. And Well, despite not having been able to debut in the League yet, due to the discomfort of the injury suffered at the end of last season, it was.
Well, he is the fourth starter from last year that Montilivi leaves, after the goodbyes of Oriol Romeu at Barça, Riquelme at Atlético de Madrid and Taty Castellanos at Lazio.
an aged line
In the long run, the line that must now be strengthened is the axis of defense, where there are few specific footballers and, even fewer, youngsters with experience. David López, 34, is the most reliable of all; DaleyBlind, 33, arrived ‘theoretically’ from the left wing; Juanpe Ramirez, 32; and Bernardo Espinosa, 34, have lost their status as indisputable, despite the fact that the two have participated in the three league games, although in the case of the Colombian it has been testimonial. Alexander Callens, 31, has the doors wide open.
Santi Bueno was the footballer with the most projection of a line that, if it has always had problems, now these are accentuated even more by the Girona need to close an operation. Eric García would be the man who would solve two equations at once, occupying the defensive axis and the pivot if ever necessary, but closing the agreement is not easy at all.
Girona, which surely has to have a plan B, a C and even a D that have not yet come to light, will play it in 48 hours that will not give any kind of truce and that may present some last minute surprise .