Spar Girona confirmed the rumors yesterday with the announcement of Bernat Canut as the new coach. The 32-year-old coach from Urgell has been chosen to replace Alfred Julbe on the bench after closing a five-season at Cadí-La Seu. Considering that this is the second signing of Uni coming from the Urgell team, together with the Navarrese pivot-wing Irati Etxarri, in Alt Urgell they took it with irony and reacted to the ‘The latest signing from the Girona club from a tweet that directly addressed them with the phrase “You’re done, aren’t you?”. For its part, Spar Girona followed the game by saying: “In principle yes, but we have the vacancy to replace Laia Palau.”
The sports director, Pere Puig, explained that “when we learned that Bernat Canut would not continue in La Seu d’Urgell and, after the great work he has done over the years, we thought it would be a good profile to train the our Spar Girona ». The coach from Urgell has reached an agreement for one season, until 2023. “We are happy that he has signed and that he is coming. We really want to start working together “, Puig insisted.
For his part, the president, Cayetano Pérez, said that “Bernat is a young coach with a very good career in the Women’s League.” “He wants to keep growing. Therefore, he is a person who can contribute a lot to our project and he will surely help us with the goal we set ourselves every year. I hope that next season will be a very successful season “, he added.
Canut won the Catalan League with Cadí-La Seu last season and led the Urgell team to the qualifiers for the Women’s League title. He also qualified for the Eurocup.
In search of a base
Since the end of the school year, they have only been working in the offices of Uni to try to have a team that is as competitive as possible next season. Following the retirement of Laia Palau at the age of 42, the sports management is combing the market to find a base to replace her. In this sense, the Dutch Laura Cornelius left the IDK Esukotren yesterday and the club is on track to join.
For the time being, Spar Girona has already ensured the continuity of María Araújo, one more year, and Rebekah Gardner, until 2024; has signed Irati Etxarri; and is in talks with Binta Drammeh to renew. Laia Palau, Frida Eldebrink and Julia Reisingerova will not continue for sure. Now that the new coach has been confirmed, Uni will be able to focus all their efforts on tying the missing pieces to the team.
