Deportivo La coruña Shows Promise with New Signings in Championship Warm-Up
Deportivo la Coruña is demonstrating positive momentum following the arrival of three new players – italian midfielder Giacomo Quagliata, Uruguayan forward José Grager, and Spanish defender Miguel loureiro – with a narrow defeat against Watford and a draw against Middlesbrough. The middlesbrough match, played yesterday at the Riverside Stadium, saw a standout performance from Yereday and a debut goal from Lucas Noubi, finishing a corner delivered by fellow newcomer Luismi Cruz. This marked Noubi’s first goal in an official club match, having previously scored only once with the Deportivo U19 team.
These results are notably noteworthy as both Watford and Middlesbrough are direct competitors in the upcoming Spanish Segunda División season, which is often described as a highly competitive “mini-Premier League” due to important investment in player acquisitions. The Segunda División is known for its tactical intensity and the financial commitment of several clubs.
A review of the English Championship’s summer transfer window highlights the financial disparity.Ipswich Town secured Dutch midfielder Azor Matusiwa from rennes for €11.5 million. Birmingham City paid €9 million for Japanese striker Kyogo Furuhashi (also from Rennes), while Norwich City spent €8 million on Danish forward Mathias Kvistgaarden from Brondby. Southampton invested the same amount in American striker Damion Downs (formerly of Colonia), and Derby county paid €7 million for American forward Patrick Agyemang from Charlotte FC.Even newly promoted Wrexham,backed by owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney,invested €10.5 million across five new players.
in stark contrast, the largest transfers in Spain’s Segunda división were Sporting Gijón’s €2 million acquisition of César Gelabert from Toulouse and Almería’s €2 million signing of Daijiro Chirino from Castellón. Collectively,the 22 Segunda División teams have spent a total of €18 million in the transfer window,considerably less than Norwich City’s individual expenditure of €20 million. This illustrates the considerable financial gap between the Spanish Segunda División and the English Championship, and the broader financial landscape of european football.
