by Jordi Mboula passed with more pain than glory for the Barça. The one born in Granollers did not have the opportunity to make his debut in the Barça first team and show his football. In addition, At 24 years old, he has gone through up to seven different clubs, without ever finding long-term stability. in none of them. This afternoon he was presented as a new Racing player and will seek to reunite with the best version of himself.
Santander is a place that the Catalan knows from when he arrived from the Majorca back in August 2022. A year and a half later, he has been visibly excited about his return: “I am very happy. I have not noticed the change, I arrived and it seemed like I had never left. I really want to return to El Sardinero on Saturday,” said Mboula . at the press conference presenting him as the new ‘racinguista’. To which he would add that “It is a sensation that my body asked me for, my heart asked me to return. “When José Alberto called me, we got to work to do everything possible to return to Racing,” he noted.
Jordi Mboula in the presentation as a new ‘racinguista’ player / Twitter Real Racing Club
The ‘Granollerí’ was presented along with defender Manu Hernando as reinforcements for a second stretch of the season that is less demanding.. The Verdiblancos are just like the team that marks the middle of the table, in tenth position. We will have to see what is the progression of an entity whose main objective is to secure the category comfortably and try to sneak into the play-off.
Racing sports director, Mikel Martija, assured his satisfaction with both operations: “We have made every effort to be a more competitive team.. The three players that we have incorporated into the market are, in addition, three great people. I wanted to be here and that is an added value,” he noted.
A trajectory from more to less.
Monaco, Círculo Brujas, Huesca, Mallorca, Estoril, Racing Club de Santander, Hellas Verona and the return to Racing, is the journey that Mboula has taken since he began his professional career upon leaving Barcelona. The objective from now on: fight to achieve the consistency that is required of a professional player who plays in a league as contested as the Second Division in Spain. This may be the new beginning he so desired.
