manu joined madrid neighbours getafe cf for 2006–07, scoring his first top flight goal on 22 october 2006 in a 2–1 success at precisely recreativo and finishing the season with eight (squad's second-best, behind daniel güiza). the following campaign he teamed up again with braulio, and netted seven times – joint-top scorer alongside juan ángel albín – while also helping the madrid outskirts team to the quarter-finals of the uefa cup.