FBC Melgar has just surprised the market. Last Saturday, December 16, Domino announced the hiring of the veteran midfielder Kevin Sandoval for the entire 2024 season. However, this signing would not attract much attention if everything had not been closed weeks before to become an Alianza Lima player.
“Welcome to your new home, Kevin! We warmly welcome our new reinforcement, Kevin Sandoval, an attacking midfielder who has shown his game for various clubs in the country and who now joins Domino to roar in the 2024 season,” he published to FBC Melgar on his social networks . He accompanied the post with a video of his best goals.
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Why didn't Kevin Sandoval sign for Alianza Lima?
As it became known at the time, Kevin Sandoval had made every effort to become a footballer for Alianza Lima for the next two seasons, but the operation did not take place.
Given the constant injury problems in 2023, the policy of the new football management that has entered the club, led by Bruno Marioni and Néstor Bonillo, is to recruit players who are physically healthy and in optimal condition.
On that note, Kevin Sandoval was ruled out because he suffered from a second-degree sprain (partial tear of the medial collateral ligament of the knee) that kept him out for a long time. So much so that their last official game was on July 8 against UTC on the third day of the Clausura tournament.
The midfielder has since recovered and played just 1,452 minutes in 21 games, scoring three goals and providing five assists.