Ander Capa was destined this season to be Athletic's starting right-back after recovering in the preseason of a meniscus injury and of not being from the game in the first game at the Martínez Valero de Elche. De Marcos started as a starter in the league start, but an injury placed the versatile Lekue on the right flank, since he has not abandoned since the second day until in the Rayo game he went to the left side and, in the last match against Valencia, Balenziaga suffered and returned to lane 3. A procedure that Ander Capa He has seen from the bench, without warming up and without Marcelino Garcia Toral He has used his benefits when he seemed with the label of a leading actor.
Therefore, it seems that Capa is the great forgotten, with the nuance that the Portuguese, who was signed from Eibar through the box, that in his day Barça wanted him to patch the right side, and that with Gaizka Garitano he was a fixed in its eleven type, contract ends on June 30. His agent is still pending the call from the club to clarify his future after only one approach in his day, without an agreement, in which they were summoned for later. The pandemic and the many fronts opened in recent months, have turned their case. In this context, with the supposed interest of Villarreal last August, Capa adds zero minutes so far in competition in a position at Athletic with four candidates. Petxarroman has not been released either after his signing this summer from Sanse, also already recovered for the cause after purging a muscle injury and eager to debut in the First Division.
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Against Alavés, with Balenziaga possibly in galleys, with Berchiche recovering from his pubalgia operation, a new possibility arises for Capa. Marcelino will have to decide in the right lane this Friday in San Mamés. Lekue, who has fully complied, continues to give barracks, but the Portuguese yearns to take to the field to corroborate his prodigious offensive conditions.