Sporting have started contacts to extend the contract of Diego Sánchez, a 19-year-old left-back, in the long term. The sports management is convinced of the projection of the defender, who played the last fifteen minutes of the match against Levante at El Molinón on Friday to replace a tired Cote, who played two very consecutive games in just three days.
By contract, Diego would lack a match where he would have to play at least forty-five minutes for his renewal clause to be activated for the following seasons. But those responsible for the rojiblanca sports area have begun working on an independent renovation and a long-term operation, confirming the confidence that Mareo has in this very young defender. It will be another operation outside of the one that presents the contract that most players who climb from the subsidiary have, also Diego Sánchez, of course.
The formula proposed by Sporting with the winger is the same that was previously offered to midfielder Dani Queipo, the first of the new batch of gourds to renew under the Orlegi government: it would also be a longer contract than those three years, which It could be extended until 2027, closing the footballer’s future for four years. Communications are in an initial phase, but both parties have a very good relationship and the agreement may not be delayed. Diego’s progression, they maintain at the club, has been very powerful. In barely two years he has gone through stages: from the youth team, to the subsidiary, and from the second team until he managed to gain a place in Abelardo’s plans, who has implemented a system of meritocracy.
Because Diego set foot in the first team’s last preseason to increase the squad in training, but he has earned the trust of Pitu and the club thanks to a hard-working and discreet character and the performance he has achieved in the matches he has played: 9 in the league and 2 more in the Copa del Rey. In the Beasain cup match, he also had a great game acting as a central defender, a position he knows from youth football. In Mareo they highly value the discipline of this defender, who has not stopped taking steps and has continued to work in silence.
Queipo and Diego Sánchez have been the two great appearances of the season in the first team, being important players during the first part of the campaign, although Abelardo is giving minutes and confidence to other homegrown players who are involved in the dynamics of the seniors: Nacho Martín, Trabanco Jordi Pola and Jonathan Varane, all of them have given performance when they have had the opportunity. Álex Oyón and the goalkeepers Florentin Bloch and Petr Kudakovskiy have also been part of several calls, but, for now, they are still waiting for an opportunity with the first team.
