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Sporting President Calls Transfer Window “Well Executed” and Hopes for Top-Flight Asturian Derby
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Sporting President Calls Transfer Window “Well Executed” and Hopes for Top-Flight Asturian Derby

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sporting Gijón president José Riestra described the club's summer transfer business as positive after it avoided late signings.
  • Riestra said he hopes the Asturian derby against Real Oviedo will eventually be played in a higher division, and said discussions over ticket allocations remain pending.
  • He also said injured striker Andrés Ferrari is recovering on schedule ahead of Sporting's match against Girona.

José Riestra says Sporting Gijón completed a “well-executed” transfer window, even though one unexpected departure disrupted the club's original plans. The Mexican executive president said Sporting finished the summer without making last-minute signings and maintained a “positive assessment” of its work.

positive assessment

— José RiestraRiestra described Sporting Gijón's summer transfer window.

Speaking after a visit to the headquarters of the Presidency of the Principality of Asturias, Riestra said the club had followed “a very well-defined plan since the championship ended.” He acknowledged that the execution was not perfect because of “the Dubasin matter,” referring to a sale that had not been included in the initial outline.

The meeting with Asturias President Adrián Barbón also covered relations between the institutions and the broader situation of football in the region. Riestra described the visit as “protocolary,” saying it gave him the chance to meet Barbón personally eight months after joining the club. He thanked the regional government for its “institutional support” and called for a similar meeting with Gijón's city government “to leave the past in the past and build toward the future.”

a very well-defined plan since the championship ended

— José RiestraHe explained how the club organized its summer recruitment.

Riestra said he still wants Sporting and Real Oviedo to play their Asturian derby “in a higher division.” Such a fixture, he said, would have a “greater impact both nationally and internationally.” The two clubs have not yet discussed the distribution of tickets for the home and away matches, but he expects the issue to be settled in the coming days.

in a higher division

— José RiestraHe expressed his wish for the Asturian derby with Real Oviedo to be played at a higher level.

He added that Uruguay striker Andrés Ferrari is “meeting the expected deadlines” in his recovery after a specialist review in Barcelona. Ferrari will miss Saturday's match against Girona at El Molinón, alongside injured players Gaspar and Guillamón. Manu Rodríguez remains doubtful because of discomfort linked to tendinitis.

meeting the expected deadlines

— José RiestraHe described Andrés Ferrari's recovery after a specialist examination in Barcelona.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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