Levante have made some significant moves in the transfer market recentley. Belgian utility man Jelle Vossen has come in from Burnley for a fee of £1.2m, plus Victor Casadesus. The other men to have joined Les Granotes are Alejandro Gomez from Atalanta, and Gareth Barry from Everton. Gomez’ arrival saw youngsters Ivan Lopez and Victor Camarasa head to Italy, whilst Gareth Barry arrived for a club record £11m.
Gareth Barry
With all the money leaving the club, some had to be brought in, and so the club found itself accepting a £10m offer from Aston Villa for Ruben Garcia. Garcia was the man that ideally the future of the club would have been built around, but given the league position and the need to improve other areas, he had to be sacrificed.
Ruben Garcia
The club have also made an agreement with Real Madris that Clinton N’Jie’s loan move will be made permanent before the end of the season. This will probably happen sooner rather than later as the young striker has been one of the few bright spots so far this season, and is currently the clubs joint top scorer on 7 goals.
Despite the changes, the clubs still sits in the danger zone at the bottom of division four. That said though, since Gomez and Barry came into the side, the club have won two, and lost one. The defeat coming last night against Koln in Germany.
The two victories were an impressive 3-2 win against Chievo in Italy, and a 1-0 victory at home to Espanyol in an all Spanish affair. That second victory being especially pleasing as Levente lost 9-1 to the same opponents earlier in the season.
Things are still tight in the league, but it is slowly starting to string out though, and Parfitt is aware that he needs to see the club string a few wins together. The club have only recorded back to back wins twice all season, this is going to have to improve if the club are to stay up.
There is still time for a turnaround, but it is slowly running out, and the next fixture is a tough game at home to high flying Bordeaux.
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