Espanyol complete signing of Alvaro Tejero
One of the most sought-after players on the transfer market among those out of contract in the Second Division is Alvaro Tejero, a right-back who has played for Eibar for the past three seasons. The list of interested teams that has been building up in recent days has grown, but it is Espanyol that has finally accelerated in the last few hours. If nothing goes wrong now, he will sign like a parrot, once the principle of an agreement has been reached. Alaves, Valladolid, Como, Las Palmas… In the end, the face-to-face meeting between them turned out to be favorable for Espanyol, led by Fran Garagarza, who will receive reinforcements without any costs upon returning to the First Division. The sporting director of the white and blues did not let up, despite the fact that the list of candidates was not small. The Italian club Como, which also reaches the first category of Italian football, also wanted to bet on the defender. whose activities and contractual position, with a letter of freedom under his arm, made him very attractive.
Alvaro Tejero He just completed one of his most productive seasons at Eibar (where he met Fran Gargarsu, Espanyol’s sporting director), scoring two goals and providing seven assists in 36 league games.. Such good work was often seen in the silverware category, where he scored ten goals and assisted 27 in 172 games – figures that made him one of the best right-backs in the second division over the years.
The player’s intention, as AS explained in recent days, was to take another step forward in his career. Big data had identified him as the best right-back in the last two seasons in the Second Division, and the next step was obvious. Tejero wanted a team from the first division, and it was Espanyol, with whom there is a principle of agreement without signing contracts, that would be chosen.
Follow Diario AS channel in WhatsAppwhere you will find everything about sports in one space: current news of the day, an agenda with the latest news of the most important sports events, the most striking images, the opinion of the best AS brands, reports, videos, and a little humor from time to time.