Elche CF continues to shape its project for the next season and has closed one of the strategic operations of the summer. The blue and white entity has exercised the buyout option of Buba Sangaré, so the young left-back from Elche will remain linked to the club after his arrival in the winter market from Roma. The operation amounts to 4.5 million euros, although the Italian team will reserve 20% of a future sale of the player. In this way, Elche bets decisively on one of the talents with the greatest potential in its squad, a player who, despite being only 18 years old, has shown his potential during the second half of the course. From the club, they highlight that the defender is linked to the entity until June 2031 and emphasize that his continuity responds to the confidence placed in a player who "has demonstrated that his talent and projection are destined to mark the future of the entity". Since his arrival in January, Buba has played 12 matches under the orders of Eder Sarabia, eight of them as a starter. His growth and adaptation to professional football have convinced the sports management, which has not hesitated to make effective the clause agreed to ensure his continuity. The club itself highlights that, in his first experience in the elite, the player has shown "extraordinary conditions" and an "adaptability capacity inappropriate for his age". A habitual international with the lower categories of the Spanish national team, the club considers that his performance in First Division "confirms the enormous potential of a player who is already considered one of the great promises of Spanish football". A valuation that explains the firm economic bet made by the entity to retain one of the players with the greatest growth potential in its squad. The move joins the one made weeks ago with Gonzalo Villar. The Murcian midfielder, who also arrived on loan during the winter market, will continue at the Martínez Valero after the club exercised the buyout option agreed. These decisions reinforce the idea of stability that Elche aims to build despite the changes produced in recent weeks. The team faces a new stage after the departures of Eder Sarabia and Aleix Febas to Celta, but maintains the route marked by sports management, which aims to consolidate a competitive base and ensure the continuity of players considered important for the immediate future of the entity. With the continuity of Buba Sangaré and Gonzalo Villar already guaranteed, Elche continues to advance in the planning of a season in which it aims to maintain ambition and continue the growth shown in recent months. The definitive incorporation of the left-back, according to the club itself, reiterates "the bet on young talent and on those players with the capacity to grow and develop within an ambitious project".