Barcelona SC made the official announcement of the hiring of midfielder Fernando Gaibor last Friday morning. And although the midfielder came from Independiente del Valle, he is remembered for his past as a successful Emelec player. Being electric, the steering wheel won the national titles of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. Gaibor even faced the canaries in the so-called Final of the Century, in which Emelec was proclaimed two-time champion after drawing 1-1 in the first leg and being crowned by thrashing 3-0 in the Clásico del Astillero back.
Gaibor, 31, left the millionaire minor divisions in 2010. This 2023 will be his sixth season away from Emelec, but since he joined Barcelona SC on social networks, some Canarian fans and millionaires have reproached him for arriving at the yellow box .
Among the less aggressive messages against Gaibor, one can read that they accuse him of being a “traitor” and regret things like this: “it can’t be that they hire a player identified with Emelec.” In this regard, Carlos Alfaro Moreno, president of Barcelona, says that he sees “nothing wrong” in having signed the midfielder from Los Ríos.
“It is difficult for me to issue any criteria and convey something to the fan regarding their feelings. This president never responds on social media or interacts with anyone in a disrespectful way. It is not here that a (direct) player from Emelec comes to Barcelona, I don’t see anything wrong, “commented the yellow headline when asked by THE UNIVERSE on the incorporation of the former Independiente de Avellaneda soccer player.
“We have brought an extraordinary player, one of a different hierarchy. The coach (Fabián Bustos) had wanted to have him for a while and this time Gaibor adapted to our economic reality”, added Alfaro Moreno in conversation with this newspaper.
The Barcelona president insisted that he is satisfied with the arrival of Gaibor and asked the fans to support the footballer. “He comes from Independiente del Valle and we are proud to have him with us, the rest is shown on the field. He will now be wearing the Barcelona SC shirt and that is why I ask the fans for his support. Let him push, let him be player number 12. Fernando has to show all the talent he has, ”he said.
Alfaro Moreno, a figure from Independiente de Avellaneda, recalled that when the transfer to the Argentine club of the then player Emelec was about to take place, he received a call from the leaders of the red club to obtain references.
“The leadership of Independiente, at that time, called me to ask me about Gaibor, because of the figures that were handled. They asked me something like: ‘Does it cost $4 million?’ I told them that it costs $10 million (smiles) ”, he specified.
Alfaro Moreno recounts that “this is what I thought of Fernando at that moment, when he was at Emelec. I had nothing to do with Barcelona SC and I worked as a communicator, but I always thought
In January 2018, Gabor was transferred to the Avellaneda team, where he remained until July 2019. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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