Arnau Fernández and Javier Olivares will be in Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto’s first team and the red-and-white reserve team

Arnau Fernández: ‘I believe we can get promoted to ASOBAL, and what I believe in most is the team’

Javier Olivares: ‘Ever since I was little, I have dreamed of being in the first team and playing in Asobal, and that is why we will give everything to earn promotion and return the club to the place it deserves.

Arnau Fernández and Javier Olivares will once again be part of the first team of Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto and the red-and-white reserve team in the Primera Nacional. After recovering from long-term injuries last season, both players have earned the confidence of the red-and-white coach, who hopes to give them minutes in the División de Honor Plata side seeking a return to the Asobal league.

Red-and-white player Arnau Fernández says of his renewal that he is: ‘Very happy and really looking forward to it. After such an unusual season in which, unfortunately, I experienced the bitter side of sport, having to undergo surgery and watch from the stands, I am more eager than ever to give everything on court with all my teammates, who have given me so much enjoyment. I think we still have a lot to look forward to together; we owe ourselves the opportunity, and I am ready for whatever comes and to give everything I have towards our shared objective’. 

Olivares, for his part, says: “I am very happy that the club is counting on me and that I can be part of this project. I am really looking forward to this season, showing what I can do and contributing as much as possible to the team”

Regarding the season’s objectives, Arnau adds that he is: ‘Confident we can get promoted to ASOBAL, and what I am most confident in is the team. I believe we are capable enough, and that has been demonstrated. Hard work bears fruit and brings its reward; I believe that with hard work, consistency and everyone pulling together, we will make things difficult for anyone. But as I said, effort is the key’.

Olivares also discusses the season’s objectives and says: ‘It is a dream. Ever since I was little, I have dreamed of being in the first team and playing in Asobal, and that is why we will give everything to earn promotion and return the club to the place it deserves. Of course, this year the team is much more established, as last year it was completely new, and with the new signings we will achieve our objective of being promoted to the top division’.

Regarding the fans, Arnau Fernández says: ‘There is little more one can ask of the fans; this year they have been the eighth player. I would tell them to fill the Ovni again for every match, as they push and help us so much, and that once again our objective should also be theirs. With them, everything is much easier’.

‘Keep supporting and encouraging us as you always have, because we will give everything to achieve promotion and give you something to celebrate’, Olivares concludes regarding the fans.

For his part, Toni Malla says: ‘Arnau and Javi are two players whose progress is moving in an upward direction, and who also have sufficient maturity to know that next season is one in which both can regain the level they had reached. I am happy and grateful that they have decided to continue developing with us; our work plan will soon lead them to play good minutes in the first team’.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.