With less than two weeks to go before the start of the competition, the Alavés Sports Management, led by Sergio Fernández, is working on the incorporation of central defenders. A task pending since the end of last season and which has not yet been able to conclude, beyond the continuity of Ville Koski after convincing Quique Sánchez Flores in the final stretch of the course. The incorporation of the Finn is not enough and Alavés needs more central defenders. Ville Koski is the only central available for the league debut, as Facundo Garcés is still serving the sanction imposed by FIFA and will not be able to play until the first week of November. All of this forces Alavés to search for new players for the axis of the defense. Meanwhile, Quique will have to rely on players like Tenaglia, Jonny Otto or Protesoni and decide whether to maintain the 5-3-2 that would force him to accumulate more players for that position or bet on the 4-4-2. Sergio Fernández does not rule out making more than one move in the center of the defense as long as interesting options appear. "Our concern and worry is there. And it is there where the energy and focus are placed for the possible incorporations We are looking for a central defender as a priority but two could arrive", Fernández said on Monday. In this sense, Alavés has sounded out several options at international level and does not lose sight of Manu Lama, a central defender who shone last season in Granada but has several proposals that would increase his arrival. The club's mission is to incorporate a defender before the league match against Getafe and among them will not be Diarrá, who was on the verge of being transferred last week to Le Havre but the operation was truncated at the last minute. Alavés is currently in 17th place in the Liga classification, with 33 points, 8 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses in 31 games, with a goal difference of -11. In the next match, Alavés will face Getafe in a game that will be played at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez on February 28, 2027.