Elche was very close to the loan of Manu Morlanes. But the negotiations finally went awry and Espanyol appeared. Specific, pushed Vicente Moreno, who knew the Aragonese from last season in Segunda at Almería and wanted him to reinforce the midfield parakeet. Morlanes’ finger pointed at the RCDE Stadium. I saw that it was the ideal club to grow. His partner is also from Barcelona.
Espanyol has not closed in this end of the market a positional midfielder with the usual characteristics, with height, which stands out for its defensive facet. His six could be Morlanes, or at least those are the intentions of the parakeet technician, a position that they will alternate with David López and that in Mallorca they already combined. “Today we have to do everything, attack and defend. I like to be more liberated, but I want to play,” he said on the day of his presentation.
Morlanes has been growing in Villarreal looking in the mirror of three midfielders who can also act as six, as Rodrigo Moreno, Manu Trigueros and Bruno Soriano. “He likes to come and receive close to the center-backs and help build the plays. Although he has played with another teammate at Almería, he only works better,” they say from his surroundings. The player always stood out in the lower categories and has tried to combine his studies with football.
Enrolled in Economics, a career that he continues to pursue gradually, at the age of 12 he ended up at Villarreal after his family discarded endless offers. He found his ideal place in the yellow club, and little by little he was burning stages not only in the quarry but in the lower teams.
Javier Calleja was his guarantor, who made him debut at 19, but the arrival of Unai Emery and the commitment to Dani Parejo or Francis Coquelin closed the doors. The footballer preferred to be a protagonist than to be the 14th or 15th footballer in a club like Villarreal. He knows that the opportunity will come. And now he wants to continue climbing like six of Espanyol.