Girona was the last team in the League to announce a signing. With a budget much lower than other teams in the First Division and teams from the five big European leagues, Quique Cárcel knew when the market began that the club would have to incorporate players, mainly, who arrived free or on loan from other teams. Only in some cases pay transfers.
The first three signings that have arrived are already an example of this policy. David López arrived on a free transfer from Espanyol after the white-and-blue club did not renew him. Castellanos landed at Montilivi from New York City on loan, the same formula as Yan Couto, although the Brazilian full-back’s home club is Manchester City, the crown jewel of the City Football Group.
The new additions that Girona will close, and that can be taken practically for granted, are that of Rodrigo Riquelme, who will arrive on loan from Atlético de Madrid, and that of Yangel Herrera, also on loan from Manchester City.
The new FIFA transfer regulations limit the total number of players a club can have on loan to a maximum of eight. Of these eight players, a total of three can come from the same team. Players up to 21 years of age and those trained at the club are exempt from the limitations.
Once these signings were made, the white-and-reds would have spent four of the eight loan players they could have. they are Father Castellanos, Riquelme, Yangel Herrera and Ivan Martinon loan from Villarreal. Yan Couto does not countsince he is twenty years old and is exempt from the limitations of the new regulations, which first came into force on July 1, 2022.
In addition, the club already knows that a maximum of three players can arrive from Manchester City. At the moment, and according to what the regulations stipulate, Herrera would be the only one who would count. Couto is left out as he is under-21 and Castellanos does not enter this group because his home club is New York City, not Manchester City. They belong to the same matrix, but are listed as two different teams. This fact is applicable to the other teams of the City group.
Little by little, the transfer bag is being filled, but the number of players who can arrive with this modality is also being reduced. A key point so that more loan players can come to Girona will be to look for unrestricted under-21 talent. The other options, free players, or go through the box.
