Serra Ferrer, Robert Moreno, Cazorla and Javi López analyze fashionable Spanish in this BRAND report
“He is a brutal footballer “,” can play in any team of Europe“,” crack, top “,” and as a person he is a 10, honors. Honored, honest … “They speak, in this order, Cazorla, Robert Moreno, Javi López and Serra Ferrer, four connoisseurs of the race of Gerard Moreno, former teammates, coach and sports director, who attend the call of BRAND to put verb to the moment that the Catalan forward is experiencing, 16 goals in the 16 games of 2021, with eight assists and including the Granada hat-trick. With a contract until 2023, his name begins to sound strong in the market. That’s right.
Robert Moreno, first victim
He was the one who made him debut with the absolute, but the history of both begins much earlier. “I have known him from a very young age, when I was training Youth of the Damm and he was in the Badalona. And I remember … that he scored three goals for me! He didn’t score in the first leg and I think we won, but from that moment on, his talent for goal and football caught my attention. He has followed the maturation process of the great forwards, such as Villa, Torres, who when they are young stand out and do it well but when they reach maturity from 26, 27, 28 is when they explode. ” Gerard turns 29 this Wednesday.
Serra’s ‘rescue’
Lorenzo Serra Ferrer was one of those who first bet on Brown back in 2013. He took it to Mallorca in Second. “The first day I saw him, I no longer remember when it was, I remember the feeling of admiration that he left me for the amount of things he was capable of doing well. He was still very young and sometimes his head was going faster than it should. His talent allowed him, but he always showed an understanding of the game, a solidarity with the team, a management of resources … When he was in the subsidiary of the Villarreal we signed him for him Majorca. Although he was injured in the end he scored goals (12). He showed humility and a desire to learn that have led him to what he is now, without a doubt the best striker in Spain. “
His return to Espanyol
Javi lopez shared three seasons of parakeet with Gerard, coming home. One of his best friends in that dressing room, in which they coincided from 2015 to 2018. “One of the seasons that we played together he did it alone upstairs and he solved the games, with a goal, a play that he invented … It was decisive I remember a game that when it was over I went to him, I have the photo, and I asked him ‘How can you be so good? ‘ Is very complete. If it has to fall to the band it makes it phenomenal, if it is second end, or ‘9’ … We saw the data of the matches and it was the one that ran the most. We called him the defensive forward, because whatever the team asked or demanded of him he did perfectly, and it said a lot about him. Very smart and self-sacrificing. ”
The call of the selection
His surname ‘namesake’ was the one who made him international. Robert Moreno can boast of having been the one who recruited today ‘9’ of The Red. “I always liked him and kept track of him. As soon as I became part of the team’s coaching staff, I began to follow him assiduously. It is true that that first year (18-19) was not good for him, it was a year of drought, but I was always struck by his ability and ease of scoring. But above all, because of the style of play that I defend and that I like, I think that Gerard brings many things to the team game. And he has a characteristic which is very difficult for a player, and is that every time he touches the ball, he improves the play. He makes correct decisions 99.9% of the time. He is sacrificed, he is a player who helps in defense … A footballer of an enormous talent “.
Cazorla’s opinion
Santi Cazorla has played with some of the best footballers in Spain and the world, that’s why your opinion has its weight. They shared two courses in the Villarreal, from 18 to 20. They even agreed on the selection. “His level does not surprise me, not at all. I had the opportunity to be with him for two years and he is a brutal footballer. He is first level and could play in any team. I highlight how easy he is to define and score goals. undoubtedly the best Spanish striker. In addition, he is a spectacular uncle, I have a great friendship with him and he deserves all the good things that happen to him “, he highlights Cazorla in a testimony collected by Miguel Angel Lara.
The evolution of GM9
To chart its growth, no one better than a student of Robert Moreno: “Beyond the game, which maintains the same standards and capabilities, what I see in Gerard right now is a confidence and a desire and a patience above all to do things well that I did not see before. When I started to follow him in 2018 He was lacking in confidence, things were not going well for him, he did not have a good dynamic. He had returned from Espanyol to Villarreal, but with the change of season he began to give a very high performance and right now when I see him I see that, confidence, security, he has increased everything I liked about him. He does it without hesitation and with apparent simplicity and that for me is the mark of the specialists, of the cracks, when you do something and it seems that you make it easy “.
And your roof?
Javi lopez pace a eulogy from his friend: “It is not only the goals and assists. Meters traveled, creating play for the team, recoveries, also positioning on the field, what he contributes when he passes the ball through his feet … He is among the best of the world”. Serra continues: “It reminds me a lot of Raul. That illusion, that reading of the game, that intelligence and even instinct, but also how he defends, how he works, more than the centrals that mark him. I think he is a worthy heir to Raúl. Because in addition to being smart, he always wants to learn and grow. His head is very well furnished. Very complete”.
“It is to take a leap”
They all agree to speak with respect to the Villarreal, but they also see that Gerard which is to take another leap. Robert explains: “He’s already in a big one, because Villarreal He already is, although he is not in the top3 he is close, because of his work, because of his continuity in building large teams and it is a very good place for him. I do tell you that he can play for any team in Europe. It is one of the names I gave to take to Monaco if I could have continued. And I would not have been wrong because this season he is showing that he is at a very high level and I see him very well prepared to go to the Eurocup. He is a player of all, prepared to take another leap and be in a team that plays Champions assiduously, I hope he gets it at Villarreal, I would love to, for him, for the club, for UnaiBecause it’s a team that is working very well and empowers all the nationals very well. “
It was bad for me not to be able to sign him, because he was the forward I wanted, I saw him ready for great challenges. I would have risked and paid those 40 million
Serra Ferrer He also recognizes how he wanted to sign him. “I tried to take him to Betis when the Villarreal he repeated it (he paid 20 million of the 40 of the clause because 50% belonged to them). And I was disappointed not to be able to achieve it, because he was the forward I wanted, I saw him ready for great challenges. I would have risked and paid those 40 million, but it was not possible. I think he deserves the opportunity to go to a big one. And I’m not saying it now because he’s in that state of shape, I always liked him and I trust him. I hope that time gives him that reward of going to a top team, because he has the level for it. ” Javi concludes: “It’s special. It has a place in teams of the level of Madrid.”
The most personal Gerard
“As a person he is a 10, honors. Honored, honest …”, he praises Serra. Javi continues in this vein: “He is very normal, noble and humble. It runs in the family. And very funny. He was always playing, with Asensio, very happy, a playful child, with jokes. He made himself love. We are very fond of him. A exceptional guy. ”
For me Gerard is one of his players that you would let him marry your daughter
AND Robert goes further: “Let me joke, for me Gerard is one of his players that you would let him marry your daughter. He seems to me to be an educated, honest, hard-working boy, who has had enough patience and humility to work and improve in times of difficulty. When you speak to him he is always attentive, eager to learn. When I called him for the first time, I gave him a summary of why he was coming and what he had to improve. He paid a lot of attention and accepted it with great humility. He worked right away. to improve”.
