Following a departure of Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the transfer window, Romanian striker Florin Andone was today presented at Las Palmas.
The 29-year-old held a press conference to speak of his arrival at the La Liga 2 club, and claimed he didn’t have any doubts about making that move.
“It was a fairly easy decision to come to UD,” said Andone.
“I’ve played twice against Las Palmas, I liked the fans, the stadium, it is always a team that I have followed due to personal commitments… In my mind, since before I signed for Córdoba at the age of 21, I already followed it. It’s been destiny.”
“I did the preseason with Brighton, although I have not played. I have not had minutes, except fifteen minutes in a friendly. I must be prudent, get well physically. But I’m eager to work and get well.”
Andone joined Brighton on a €6m move from Deportivo La Coruña in the summer of 2018, but despite all these years belonging to the Premier League club, he actually performed very rarely for them.
That was one of the issues he talked about in the press conference.
“These are situations that happen, one looks back… I don’t want to blame anyone, I’ve had very difficult times, I’ve had two knee injuries. It is never too late to reverse the situation. I want to feel loved again and grow to earn the minutes.”
The striker was loaned to Galatasaray in the summer of 2019.
When returning to the Seagulls in 2020, he stayed in England for an entire year, before spending the last season in Spain, where he played for Cadiz, although that didn’t exactly go well either.
The striker left Brighton with a rather sad record of six goals in 30 appearances.
