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'Romantic Striker' Lucas Perez (38) has joined the prestigious PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
PSV announced the signing of Perez on the club's official channel on the 23rd (local time). The contract period will be until the end of the 2024-2025 season, and he will enjoy Phillips Stadium (PSV home stadium) with his number 27. After the registration period for the European Champions League squad, he will not be able to play in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Arsenal next month. From PSV's point of view, Perez's recruitment can be said to be a winning move for the second consecutive Eredivisie.
PSV is the 14th club to be joined by the "Spanish Journeyman" Perez. Perez started his career with Atletico Madrid C team (Spain), played for Rayovayecano (Spain), Karpati Lviv (Ukraine), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), and PAOK (Greece) before returning to Spain in 2014 when he joined 'Hometown Team'Deportivo Lacoruña (Spain).
La Coruña was Perez's destiny club. Perez scored 18 goals in Spain's Primera Liga in the 2015-2016 season, attracting the attention of European big league clubs. In 2016, he moved to English Premier League club Arsenal for a fee of £17.1 million, but failed to adapt and returned to Lacorunya on loan in 2017, a year later.
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Perez, who has played for West Ham (England), Deportivo Alaves (Spain), Elche (Spain), and Cardis (Spain), made a surprise return to La Coruña, which crashed to the third division in January 2023. It is reported that he spent 493,000 euros (about 730 million won) of his own money to move to La Coruña, which is in financial difficulties.
He said at the time that a four-year-old boy playing in a village near Deportivo had a dream. It's time to make a decision and go home. I am not a star. I'm Lucas, like you, from Monellos (the Korunya neighborhood where he grew up). I'm here to help Deportivo. Money can't move my heart.'
And he led the promotion to the second division with 12 goals and 17 assists alone in the 2023-2024 season. Perez, who played until the first half of this season, terminated his contract with Lacorunya for personal reasons after his last official game on the 19th of last month. I shed tears until the moment I broke up.
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Perez said through the PSV club "PSV did everything it could to get me here. Unfortunately, due to my personal circumstances, it took a little longer than expected to reach a final agreement. In the end, I found a solution to the problem. I would like to thank the PSV management for their patience and patience."
I will enthusiastically help this club win the league title and the League Cup"I've trained hard on and off the field for the past few weeks. I'm ready to prove myself", he expressed a strong confidence.
PSV is enjoying the effect of recruiting Ivan Perisic, a former Tottenham wingback, this season. Perisic was born in 1989 and Perez was born in 1988. Striker Luke the Dragon, captain, was born in 1990. Veteran seems to be supporting the team with the majority of young resources.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
