Headline, as anecdotal as it may be, in the first friendly of the 2023-24 preseason, this Sunday afternoon against Cadiz (0-1), fernando calero is preparing to live his second experience in the silver category with the Spanish, in which he is already one of the veterans of the squad. And he wants, five seasons later, to feel fundamental. As many as those that the entity itself has deposited in it.
“The club and Fran (Garagarza, sports director) personally They have told me that they are counting on me, that I am a player that they believe can be important. and i want to be”, affirmed the center-back at the foot of the field after the game against the yellows, in Marbella. Committed, what Calero also considers is that no teammate is being misled by the rumors of departure or sale that are flying over the dressing room. “What I see from the inside is that we are all going to the fullestboth today and in training. I don’t see anyone thinking about anything else. Summer is very long, we’ll see, ”she asserts.
“The environment is good. we all know that we have to work a lot, to row. Fortunately or unfortunately, we experienced this situation recently and we know what the keys to achieve promotion: start strongand everything will start from there”, the defender abounds, who also adds to that group the homegrown players who complete the preseason with Luis García’s team: “The youths They have been working with us for years. If the jump to First Division was perhaps a little bigger, in Second Division we are all ready to measure up and they are also important players”.
And, as was seen against Cádiz this Sunday and earlier in the final stretch of the previous season, if Calero can be important it is because of the start with the ball played that drives Luis Garcia. “It is a slogan of the míster, may we be brave from behindthat we believe the advantages, that not by throwing it up we will have less danger, but the other way around, because if you lose it quickly, they attack you before ”, Calero resolves.