How the “Bango affair” and the negotiations with Valencia Basket explain the new market policy of Casademont Zaragoza | Relief

A few days ago, Gilson Bango, center of Casademont Zaragoza, was in the spotlight due to the possibility of changing teams in the Endesa League.. Valencia Basket, which is in search of a physical “five” – ​​a profile that the team’s young internal player Magno fits perfectly – has been placed in the orbit of the player’s possible destination. AND The truth is that Casademont Zaragoza was open to negotiations. And if there’s one thing that’s clear to the club, it’s that basketball is a business, and given what happened previously, they’re not closed to negotiations on any player as long as they profit from the deal.

“My agent told me that Valencia were interested in him and spoke to him, but that’s the only thing I know. (…) I signed a contract with Casademont Zaragoza and am here to play. I don’t know what might happen in two days, in a week or in three.“, Bango himself admitted a few days ago in an interview with Relevo. And the truth is that there were contacts between both clubs regarding the center.

As Relevo learned, despite all the hype caused by the fact that the player was brought into the orbit of Valencia Basket, the truth is that Casademont Zaragoza acted as a brand for the club’s new internal policy: He called Valencia Basket and told them that if they wanted Bango because they were looking for that profile, they would sit down with him and start negotiations.

What is this connected with? Mainly for two reasons.

The first one that Zaragoza is clear that when faced with a market opportunity that can provide them with liquidity, they will take advantage of it. And secondly, and just as importantly, they are going to do this by trying to stipulate all the points from the very beginning, in order to avoid such departures as Stefan Jovic’s, exactly a year ago, to the Taronja club, from which there are barely about 300,000 left Human. euros in cash.

Actually Bango was position For Zaragoza, the game against Valencia is nothing new, although this is perhaps the most striking case. A year ago, the operation with former NBA player Jahlil Okafor was almost identical. Casademont Zaragoza opted for the American amid doubts about whether he would be able to adapt to FIBA ​​basketball after years of playing in the NBA G-League. When The player began to stand out and showed that yes, there were contacts with foreign teams, in this case China, who wanted to sign him. and Zaragoza, after negotiating his exit and making a financial profit, sold it.

Thus, With this sales policy, Casademont Zaragoza aims to revalue the investment.to improve their economy, which seems to be key for many clubs to remain among the elite.