The team had missed out on La Liga for five consecutive years, only managing to return right before the start of last season. Expected to be potential underdogs, the “Canaries” began picking up points fairly steadily from the very start of the 2023/2024 campaign. By the end of the first half of the season, it was already clear that the newcomer would stay up—and they almost stopped playing seriously. It’s enough to say that since February, they only secured one victory, and in the spring, the club lost eight games in a row. Nevertheless, with 40 points, they still finished above the relegation zone, and in August, during friendly matches, they even remembered how to win.
This happened under a new coach, Luis Carrión, who previously worked with “Oviedo.” A potential problem could be the simultaneous departure of key defenders, Coco and Cardona. The defense has been strengthened by Muñoz, but most of the new signings are in attack—McBurnie and Januzaj will try to make an impact.
Last season, the club earned just one point more than their first opponent in the new championship. This marks the second consecutive very weak campaign for the “White Andalusians,” who were not long ago regarded as the fourth power in Spanish football. The task of bringing the team back among the best has been entrusted to García Pimienta, ironically the coach who promoted and kept “Las Palmas” in La Liga.
However, the financial situation hasn’t significantly improved, and this summer, the “Nervionenses” saw the departures of Rafa Mir, Óliver Torres, Delaney, Lamela, Augustinsson, and most notably, En-Nesyri, with Badé also on the verge of leaving. Nevertheless, there are some intriguing new signings: Iheanacho, Peke, Ejuke, Sambi Lokonga, and Saúl Ñíguez, and they found €4 million to purchase 50% of Agoumé’s rights from Inter.
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