THE BALL – «My friend Fran can reach one of the greats of Portugal» (Gil Vicente)
Álex Centelles is a name in focus at Almería, leader of the 2nd Spanish League, a fate he had after not staying in Valencia, despite the successful year of a season with Famalicão – he was one of the most outstanding elements in the brilliant campaign team then coached by João Pedro Sousa, who came to have one foot in Europe. Even with only a past in Portugal, Centelles follows our championship, due to his proximity to the club, old companions, but also because of another friend who arrived this year in the League and who presents himself as the biggest star of the sensation team .
Fran Navarro and the defense were intimate in the Valencia formation, two of the che project’s stars, and accentuated the connection in 2018/2019 in the B team, where the roosters’ forward scored nine goals in 35 games. Productive revenue also seen last season, maintaining the success in finishing in Portugal. The eleven goals scored, all of them in the League, by the winger of the championship after 20 days, are propellers of the game campaign, all of the league, by the winger of the championship after 18 days, positioning themselves in the high part and with a European light.
Centelles, who was also a teammate of Porto’s Toni Martínez in Famalicão, compares the two Spaniards joined by a formation in Valencia. “They can really be considered similar, very similar. Toni may be more physical, wingspan, but it can be done quite well which can be designed to increase equipment. In the area, all the predatory instinct, I see a very approximate value and Fran has everything to play in one of the greats of Portugal», believes Centelles.
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