CA INDEPENDIENTE – Season 25

TEAM PRESENTATION

GOALKEEPER
After 17 seasons and 526 games played we decided to say goodbye to our captain José Sà. He was the last player bought by the previous manager, so the slow revolution started 5 years ago is completed. For next season we’ll bet on a young prospect, Senne Lammens, sure he will be our goalkeeper for a long time. Torop will play his last season as youth competitions goalkeeper.

DEFENDERS
The couple of centre-backs hasn’t been changed, Danso and Medina are probably not top class players but they played a lot of games together and they can do very well again. We added Lindelof to bring in some experience, with Ahmedhodzic as 4th choice. For our youth team we paired up an exciting duo formed by Filippo Mané and Abdoulaye Faye.
About full-backs, we were looking for a progressive right-back as Meunier is a good short-term option and Assignon has a lot to show yet. So we made a little investment on Aaron Hickey, who has shown some qualities at Bologna and Brentford before a serious injury; he can also be a good option on the left where Sergio Gomez will be the starter. We have also some youths in the position, Nkoudou and Neffati on the right and Norheim and Nagida on the left.

MIDFIELDERS
Danilo Pereira arrived in a straight swap for Sahraoui and will be the starter as defensive midfielder, waiting for the grow of Morton who looks the player in the role for the future. The central midfielders will be Gabriel Sara, who has shown very nice things at Galatasaray, and the new added McGinn, with Nico Dominguez still on the market but probably meant to stay fighting for a place. To complete the first team Luka Sucic, new arrival Lucas Da Cunha and former French under21 international Felix Lemarechal.
In the youth team, we sadly said goodbye to Tohumcu, but Ordonez, Abdoul Ouattara and Verstraeten seem to be good prospects.

FORWARDS
Last season both Trincao as right winger and Strand Larsen as central forward had a good season, but the players who took turns playing on the left didn’t do very well. So we decided to buy an experienced player and we found a good opportunity by recruiting Croatia international Kramaric. The back-up trio will be Akgun, Stassin and Borja Sainz, they are developing well and we are very confident for the future. Piroe seems to be a surplus so if a good offer arrives he could be sacrified. Daghim, Bermont, Ngoura and Thiago Fernandez are the option for the youth team.

TRANSFER MARKET

IN
Lindelof CB 88 31
Omobamidele CB 83 23
Faye CB 75 20
Hickey RB/LB 87 23
Neffati RB 77 20
Danilo Pereira DM 89 33
Da Cunha CM 87 24
Mcginn CM 90 30
Ilcin CM 65 16
Kalpakli RW 60 16
Kramaric CF 90 34

OUT
José Sà GK 89 32
Igor Julio CB 87 27
Soyuncu CB 88 29
Doucoure DM 88 25
Stengs CM 87 26
Richards CM 73 18
Tohumcu CM 83 21
Will Alves AM 76 20
Bangura-Williams RW 76 21
Sahraoui LW 86 24
Gondou CF 86 24