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Betis will try to reinforce the defense axis in the next winter market, although for them it will be essential to sell one or two footballers, something to which the club is obliged before closing the balance of this season due to salary limits, which it has dropped 31 million euros for this season.
Manuel Pellegrini is not at all satisfied with the performance of his centrals, which is why in Bilbao he decided to align an unprecedented couple and left Marc Bartra on the bench, since Mandi was already out due to sanction and coronavirus, which will surely prevent him also play next Monday against Eibar.
The experiment with the Sidnei-Víctor Ruiz duo was a total fiasco and makes it clear that, while the opposite is not proven, the Mandi-Bartra couple is the most solvent that Betis has in defense, although neither of them stand out for being a forceful center-back. They are the fastest center-backs and have good ball output, although Pellegrini wants more forcefulness in that area and has already transferred to Antonio Cordón that it is there that at least one transfer would be needed as a priority in the winter market.
The economic crisis prevented him from strengthening well last summer
The economic difficulties prevented Betis from being adequately strengthened last summer, in which for the central axis only Víctor Ruiz arrived as an emergency solution after the transfer of Feddal to Sporting Lisbon. Despite reaching zero cost, Betis only signed one season to the Catalan -which turns 32 in January-, since the search for new centers has been activated for a long time, although to be able to buy from one before you have to sell and the market is standing still.