The numbers and curiosities of Papu Gómez, the new signing of Sevilla
The winter market has left us another masterful movement of Monchi. The sports director of Sevilla has done it again, like so many and so many times. The fans of Nervión already have a new signing, of those that excite. We talk about Papu Gómez.
The Argentine attacker has been one of the most valued men in recent times at Calcio. In Italian lands he has left his stamp, both on and off the pitch. Footballer who does not go unnoticed, and that lands in the Seville box with open arms.
A player with the soul of an assistant
The Papu Gómez he's a versatile attacking man, that feels comfortable in all the wide range of possibilities offered by the opposite area. This has caused his facet as an assistant to have stood out..
Beyond his stages in Argentine soccer wearing the jerseys of San Lorenzo de Almagro and Arsenal Football Club, the Papu has lived his best moments as a player in Italy. First it was in Catania, where did he play 111 matches in which he left a balance of 18 goals and 17 assists. Later, his definitive explosion would come in Atalanta, his last club. There he has obtained his greatest records: 252 disputed matches, 59 so many scored and, nothing more and nothing less, what 71 goal passes.
Protagonist of anecdotes
If the Argentine has also stood out for something, it has been for 'messing it up' every time he has had the presence of a microphone nearby. Many statements made by him have generated some controversy.
Recently, he spoke of the "humiliation" he suffered with Messi in training with the national team: "He had me that day without touching the ball, every time I wanted to steal the ball, it was gone ", declared in an interview to fellow TyC Sport.
Further, He has remembered anecdotes with Cholo Simeone, who was your coach in San Lorenzo: “At that time I had 20-21 years. I thought I knew them all. I was rebellious, answering machine… If there was something I didn't like, I would say it. Crashed a lot. Simeone told me: “the day you go to Europe you will not play as a forward. You are going to do it as extreme”. I answered him saying that if I played extreme I would get tired because I did not want to defend. Simeone in San Lorenzo made me play extreme. I collided with the Cholo a lot. In the end I ended up sending a message to Cholo telling him that he was right”, confessed the Papu Gómez to the colleagues of Bulos Profile.
