Andres Fernandez, DAD representative: "Unión will always come first" | OneFootball

The representative of Diego Armando Díaz stopped by ADN Gol and spoke about what his arrival at Unión has generated and what could happen with his future looking ahead to the next semester.

“Yes, the truth is that Diego arrived in professional football and adapted very quickly, which for him, you could say, was simple. But if we analyze it, he was a kid coming from a league without AFA training, arriving in a first division, adapting to a new city, to his teammates, to a club like Unión, and doing it so quickly—he signed his contract on January 31 and already had his first call-up, if I’m not mistaken, on January 11. And well, he managed to score goals.”

“Well, it’s an extremely positive assessment. Diego is very happy with the city, with the club, he feels very loved, and the reality is that Unión has the possibility to exercise the option until the 15th. What we know are the rumors from the press that they are going to do it, that they are going to move forward, but concretely and formally, we still don’t have anything.”

“The reality is that a great comprehensive job has been done between the club, with our support, the family, everyone contributed their grain of sand. Diego adapted, as I said, very quickly, very quickly. I think that by mid-year, physically, he was already doing very well, his body mass indexes were perfect, all thanks to work with the nutritionist and a planned program. He learned a lot tactically, which was one of his weaknesses, because obviously, not having formal training, it’s not the same to play in a rural league as it is to do so professionally. That’s probably the area that cost him the most, and today we see that in the matches he’s played, he’s adapted very well to Madelon’s ideas. He’s a kid who, as we see, is a goal scorer, he always gets chances. If we look coldly at the numbers, the reality is that this year he played 307 minutes and scored three goals, of which the goal against Belgrano—we still don’t know how they drew the line—but if you analyze it, he has a goal every 100 minutes and two shots hit the posts. He’s a kid who’s always there, he’s a goal scorer.”

“Unión will always have the priority, it’s the club that allowed Diego to reach the first division, he’s very comfortable, and after that, it will be decided—if they exercise the purchase option, Madelon will decide, that’s how it is, whether he will count on Diego or not. In the case that they buy him and Leo decides to loan him out so he gets more playing time, well, all options will be analyzed. There are options, he’s a goal scorer and number nines always attract attention. There have been many inquiries, both from Argentina and abroad, and well, we’ll see in these 12 or 13 days left what is decided.”

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