August 16th 2023.
Santi Cazorla is making an emotional return to his boyhood club, Real Oviedo. The 38-year-old has signed a one-year deal at the Segunda Division side, and has agreed to be paid the minimum wage for the league.
Having spent his youth career at Oviedo from 1996 - 2003, Cazorla has gone on to have an amazing career, playing for Villarreal, Arsenal, and Malaga, and winning two European Championships with Spain.
Spanish publication AS reported last year that the minimum salary in the Segunda Division is €77,500-per-year, and Cazorla has waived his image rights, with the condition that 10% of the proceeds from shirt sales will go to the club's academy.
A statement from the Segunda Division side read: “The new Carbayón footballer, longing for the Oviedista fans, arrives free and signs for a year to go on to collect the minimum professional salary set by LaLiga for the Spanish Second Division. In addition, the man from Lugo de Llanera cedes all image rights to his heart’s club with a single condition: 10% of the sale of his shirts will be dedicated entirely to investment in the blue quarry.”
Cazorla will not make any statements until his official presentation, but the gesture has been widely praised as a truly emotional return to his boyhood club. Oviedo began their Segunda Division campaign on Saturday, losing 1-0 at Tenerife.
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