The life of the center forward is always complicated. The numbers determine whether or not you have a place in a project as ambitious as the one that the Real has in front of it for a campaign that starts next Friday. From his frustrated Erasmus in Belgium a Jon
Baptist that he only thinks of showing to Imanol
Sheriff during the summer period that has room to be the third center forward of the txuri urdin team in the wake of Willian
Joseph and Alexander
Isak.
While the Brazilian and the Swede hurry their last days of vacation Jon
Baptist He has been training for weeks both at home and in Zubieta to reach the next August 14. The striker broke his scaphoid last June after falling at home and, after the scare with surgery included, he is running on Zubieta's lawn. As MD has learned, Baptist He does not look beyond September 12, the date on which, if nothing goes wrong, the new season would begin. Until then, Errenteria has 29 days to show that he can be useful in the overcrowded txuri urdin squad. Ahead, around six or seven preseason friendlies to try to stick their heads out with goals. Imanol He has shown in his first full year as a coach that those who deserve it jump to the green of Anoeta.
No specific offers
Jon
Baptist, with a contract until 2023, he still does not have any offer on the table to leave the Real in case he finally does not enter into the plans of Robert
Olabe and Imanol
Sheriff. The striker and the soccer sports management will wait until the end of the preseason, and could even extend the wait until weeks before the summer market closes on October 5, to seek accommodation for the Errenterriarra.
Although it's not in your plans yet, Baptist I would prefer to land on loan to a Second Division team instead of taking a European ticket like last summer. The successful exits of his fellow generations Jon
Guridi and Martin
Merquelanz, who have embroidered it in the silver category, make Baptist don't consider going that far from home. It seems more complicated to play in the First Division, although teams like Eibar, Valladolid or the two recently promoted, Cádiz and Huesca, are looking for a center forward.
A more complete striker
The Gipuzkoan is convinced that his departure has come from pearls to grow as a player. The one from Errenteria thinks that with Beñat
Saint
Joseph He has improved his characteristics, thanks to the variety of positions in which he ended up playing for Eupen. Baustia he played as '9', also with another forward, somewhat heeled to the left wing and even as a second striker. A repertoire of positions and variants that have made him a more complete battering ram.
Jon
Baptist completed his first loan away from Real at Belgian Eupen early. The one from Errenteria had to return in March after the Pro Jupiler League was suspended due to the coronavirus without being able to finish the course. Until then, the Real youth squad had been far from having a numerically efficient season. The striker played a total of 27 matches under the command of Beñat
Saint
Joseph where he could only score three goals. One of them served to win, another to tie and the third was the honor in Antwerp's win on the opening day of the domestic championship (1-4). In fact, Baptist he has been a better passer than scorer. The forward gave four assists starting as second striker.
The European way of life makes Baptist prefer a loan to a national team rather than going out of the country again. Errenteria communicated in English with his teammates, although the language was a problem during some parts of the season. His day-to-day life was quite homey, Eupen is a quiet town where leisure is quite limited.