Alex Sala ended yesterday 2025 with the Italian Lecce with a notable defeat against Como (0-3). With this new setback, the ‘giallarosso’ team finds itself in the Serie A bottom zone on sixteenth place, … a position which places them four points from relegation. In addition to the bad result, the former green and white midfielder ends a year of lights and shadows in his football career, where he went from brilliant at El Arcángel to ostracized at Via del Mare.
With Isma Ruiz, Sala was the player capable of giving one more step towards the Cordoba match. A lucidity which has always been accompanied by a unique creativity and mischief in the Second Division and which has motivated Córdoba to be one of the most dangerous teams in the competition.
With this star poster in the silver category of Spanish football, Lecce paid for a transfer close to the two million euros to acquire the services of the Catalan -even if a high percentage went to Girona-. Despite the difficult farewells, the green and white club’s coffers received a big boost with a signing of which they also keep a percentage close to40% for a future sale of the Italian club.
With all the margins closed, Álex Sala had to undertake a long journey to adapt to Serie A. Without a doubt, it was a ambitious journey took his first steps in Italian football, but this illusion turned into a huge disappointment.
No place in Eusebio Di Francesco’s plans
Even though it started be the owner During the defeats against Atalanta (4-1) and Cagliari (1-2), the Giallarossa team decided not to count on its performance for the following matches in the first leg of the season. With a total of thirteen calls, Sala had to make ten games from the bencha period of time during which It only took thirty minutes. shared between the duels against Udinese, Cremonese and the already mentioned duel against Como, where he had ten minutes of play.
With a tertiary role assigned by your technician Eusebio DiFrancescoSala now finds himself at a crossroads. According to FIFA rules on transfers, players can only play official matches with two clubs in the same campaign. In the case of the former Blanquiverde, he did it against Sporting in the first day with Cordoba, in addition to the corresponding matches with Lecce.
It is for this reason that a third trip, even in the form of a transfer, is not provided for in the regulations in force in the case of official matches. Furthermore, it must be remembered that the Italian entity bet big on him by granting him a three-season contract with the possibility of extending it for two additional courses. Even though the relationship is extensive, there are already several teams of First division from the Spanish league who have already asked questions about their situation. Already last summer, Alavés had shown interest in his services.
Regarding the two seasons he played in Cordoba, the midfielder played a key role in the Blanquiverde club’s promotion to the Second Division after arriving on loan from Girona. In thirty-three matches, Sala scored two goals and six assistsfigures which constituted a sufficient argument for the river council to obtain all its federal rights. Although not having experience in professional footballthe Catalan freed himself from this pressure by distinguishing himself with five goals and five assists in thirty-eight matches.
Although it is not a light adaptation process, Alex Sala will now have to start in 2026 with renewed energy. With a Lecce team still making its Serie A debut, it wouldn’t be unreasonable for Eusebio Di Francesco to bank on the Catalan to change his team’s course.
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