Local player Javier Manzano returns home after signing for Fertiberia's first team

The city's left wing returns to the team where he grew up after spending the last two seasons at Levante UD Marni.

Local player Javier Manzano signs for Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto's first team and will play in the Silver Honour Division next season under Toni Malla. Manzano came through the red-and-white academy from the beginning and returns home after two seasons at Levante UD Marni. He will share the left-wing position with Galician player Arón Díaz Ledo and returns to the club where he grew up with ‘great excitement and responsibility’.

The local player says that signing for Fertiberia has meant for him ‘a very special opportunity and a responsibility. At the end of the day, it is the club where I grew up as a player, and having the chance to contribute my small part to the first-team project excites me greatly. I know the passion and respect that exist for handball here, so I cannot help feeling responsible and proud to take up this position.’

As for what he can contribute to the team, Manzano says: ‘Above all, commitment, consistency and hard work. I also consider myself a very versatile player, so I believe I can contribute according to the team's needs.’

To conclude, Javier Manzano discusses how he thinks the year will go and gives his opinion on the project created to compete in the Silver Honour Division: ‘The league will be particularly tough this year, but I think the team has to be ambitious and aim to compete for everything in order to build a strong group. I see it as a commitment to something different from previous years. It is generally a young group, but one overflowing with quality. I think it is a promising project with great potential, which we hope will live up to expectations.’

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.