Announced the farewell to coach Alfred Julbe and players Frida Eldebrink and Julia Reisingerova, who will not be the only ones to leave Fontajau, Spar Girona has started the renovation machinery -Rebekah Gardner signed a few days ago until 2024- and has also opened the signings folder. The first is one that leaves no one indifferent because the club has closed the incorporation of Irati Etxarri. The Navarrese, only 23 years old – she will turn 24 next July – arrives after being considered the best pivot wing of the Women’s League and also theNational MVP of this competition.
Etxarri, after putting an end to a prolific stage at Cadí La Seu that has lasted four seasons, has opted to land in Girona and will with a contract that, for the time being, will bind her for the next two years, until 2024. “The signing of Irati Itxarri is very good news and more because we do it for two seasons. She is another state player, who it will be important in the outlines of the team and that comes from being one of the best in the League and best valued. With her, we continue to make firm progress in the construction of the new squad, “said the club’s sporting director. Peter Puig.
Talk about rubbing salt in my wounds – d’oh! 13.9 points per performance and must be added 8.2 rebounds and also 16.1 evaluation credits. This, during the regular phase, without taking into account the two matches of the quarterfinals of the play-off for the title that Cadí played against Perfumerías Avenida, the current champion.
Despite still having a race ahead of him, Etxarri will face this new stage in Fontajau with experience, and not a little, in this category. Accumulate more than a hundred matches in the Women’s League, competition that he has tasted with Cadí and also with Araski, the club with which he made his debut. Not too many days ago, from La Seu it was announced that the Navarrese would change her mind and the latest information already indicated that the chosen destination was Girona. To all this is added his presence in the Spanish national team.
Its incorporation serves to strengthen the inner game of a template that has yet to comb the market for look for a guarantee pivot that replaces Julia Reisingerova’s farewell. Frida Eldebrink has also left, meanwhile Laia Palau will speak to the media this Wednesday and he will do so, if there is no breaking news, to explain that he is putting an end to his career as a professional.
