First Team
Nico Melamed is UD Almería squad list's highlight
The Catalan summer recruit has finally been registered in LaLiga. 6 UD Almería 'B' players have been named in the team roster. Marc Pubill, Robertone and Leo Baptistao are ruled out, in addition to Ramazani who has signed
Nico Melamed is UD Almería's squad list highlight for Saturday's match against CD Tenerife at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium (KO 9:30pm Spanish Time). The Catalan attacker, who has been the only summer signing made for the first team so far, apart from the option-to-buy clauses that were activated over goalkeeper Maximiano and left-back Bruno Langa, could not feature in Santander as he had not been registered in LaLiga.
Up to 6 UD Almería 'B' youth players from have been named in the team roster announced by the gaffer due to absences. Marc Pubill, Lucas Robertone and Leo Baptistao are still not fully recovered. Furthermore, with respect to Matchday 1, Ramazani is also missing as he has been transferred to English side Leeds United.
These absences lead to the call-up of Bruno Iribarne, Gui Guedes and Valen, all of them from UD Almería 'B', while Marcos Peña, Rachad and Marezi, also from the 'B' team, are part of the squad list again.
The Rojiblancos have had one last behind- closed-doors session at the UD Almería Stadium before flying charter to Tenerife island.
UD Almería squad list (Matchday 2):
Goalkeepers: Maximiano (1), Fernando (13) and Bruno (31).
Defenders: Arnau (2), Kaiky (4), Radovanovic (16), Alex Pozo (17), Centelles (20), Chumi (21), César Montes (22) and Bruno Langa (24).
Midfielders: Edgar (3), Lopy (6), Melero (8), Nico Melamed (10), Arribas (11), Baba (15), Marcos Peña (26), Gui Guedes (27) and Valen (30).
Forwards: Luis Suárez (9), Rachad (28) and Marezi (29).