The former goalkeeper Santiago Canizareswho played for Celta, Real Madrid and Valencia among other teams, stated that in the choice of goalkeeper by the coaching staff of the Valencian team between the Georgian Giorgi Mamardashvili and the dutch Jasper Cillesen I would bet on the first with my mind set on the medium and long term.
Cillessen’s recovery after his injury will mean that José Bordalás, the team’s coach, will have to opt for keeping Mamardashvili in the starting lineup, who has had a remarkable performance in recent games, or return the international to the Netherlands, considered at the beginning of the course as the first option ahead of the Georgian and Jaume Doménech.
“The choice must depend on the form of each one and who is there to contribute more to the team and that is what Bordalás and his coaching staff have to decide. Choosing from the outside is very difficult because we are talking about two goalkeepers who are giving about the same performance,” said Canizares to Agency Eph.
“However, under equal performance conditions, I would look at the medium and long term and I would put Mamardashvili before Cillessen because he is the one that guarantees me more growth capacity and can be revalued as an asset”, argued the historic Valencian goalkeeper.
Cañizares insisted that this decision should prioritize sports performance and the assessment made by both the coaching staff and the coach in terms of “the personality of each one, their physical moment and what they contribute to the team.”
“You have to be inside to know it well and evaluate everything because from the outside you can’t see any detail that suggests that the performance of one is clearly superior to the other”, he added. Given the similar performances between the two goalkeepers, the former goalkeeper of the Spanish team opted for the that can become someone “to enjoy for a longer time” or that can generate higher profits in the event that it is necessary to transfer it.
Cillessen completes his third season at Valenciaalthough different injuries have prevented him from having a prolonged continuity and of the 105 League games that the team has played since his arrival, he has only been able to participate in 49, while Mamardashvili arrived last summer on loan from Dinamo Tbilisi although the On December 31, the Mestalla club executed the purchase clause that appeared in its transfer contract.