Football Season Guide

Getafe have been one of the most active clubs in this summer’s transfer market, having made a total of 13 permanent signings so far. Only a few of these have been the triggering of purchase options on last season’s loan deals, meaning that there is a whole host of brand new faces at the club ahead of the new season, while just as many players have departed. Overall, the talent level of the squad has probably improved, but it remains to be seen if all of these new players will gel with their new teammates and if there will be good team chemistry at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez in 2018/19. There are a lot of different nationalities in this squad now and it would be very easy for cliques to form and for there to be disgruntlement in the dressing room. The good thing for Getafe is that they do have continuity in the dugout, with Jose Bordalas staying on for another season after doing so well last year, when he led newly promoted Getafe to eighth place and to the very brink of European qualification. Employing a simple and counter attacking 4-4-2 formation, Bordalas’ football wasn’t very exciting, but it was effective and there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be once again this season. Getafe have retained some of their best players from last season, namely Djene, Mauro Arambarri, Markel Bergara, Angel Rodriguez and Jorge Molina, while the only really significant loss has been that of last year’s starting goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. To replace him, they’ve signed three good goalkeepers in David Soria, Leandro Chichizola and Ruben Yanez, so there shouldn’t be much of a drop-off at that position. There is, therefore, reason to be optimistic at Getafe this season. They have been aggressive in the transfer market and their project is clearly an ambitious one.