In August, Argentine central defender Facundo Garcés reached an agreement to join Alavés. However, various issues delayed his incorporation until the winter transfer window in January. Garcés, who is 25 years old and from Colón, will now fully join the Vitorian team, despite not having played an official match for a year. He arrived in the city on December 6, awaiting the final procedures for his incorporation into Alavés.