Betis are on the hunt for a central defender with a problem that is holding back when it comes to satisfying their aspirations: the economic reality does not allow responding to the requests of the desired defenders and for this reason Manuel Pellegrini will start the preseason a priori without the piece that is called to replace Aissa Mandi. It is not just any setback. The Chilean technician has the express request to have that guarantee center that can support a large part of his project as soon as possible. The club tested Balbuena, Rugani and Maksimovic, among others, but the distance in the negotiations is too wide for the moment. The economic coffers of the club are not conducive in this context and therefore some exit movement is expected that can give some air in this search.
Pellegrini sighs for sales on a relative basis. He does it knowing that it will be necessary to complete his roster with important pieces in the positions in which he has needs., but keep your fingers crossed that no piece of the first rank leaves Heliopolis. Players like Guido, Fekir or Canales have more market, but at the moment there is no intention that they are the ones who modify the economic reality of the present. The doors are open for those players who did not have a constant role in the past campaign: names like Sidnei, Montoya, Joel, Tello, Carvalho or Loren Morón appear on the table to obtain a capital gain that changes the current planning landscape.
The return to work will be done with some reinforcements at zero cost that completed certain existing gaps in the Betis squad, but Pellegrini expects much more. The Chilean warned of the importance of having a more powerful squad to be competitive in Europe and not fall in LaLiga. The sports management is in constant contact with the coach when executing his negotiations, but caution reigns in a market that does not offer too many opportunities at the moment, especially when it comes to finding outlets that can be juicy in economic terms. On the hunt for the center-back, the Verdiblancos hope to pull the strings necessary for this choice to be to the taste of their coach without having to break any pillar of their current squad.