Antonio Cordón, Real Betis sports director, explained that once the market was closed this past Monday with the incorporation of Juan Miranda, work is already underway with a view to the immediate future and that one of the priorities at the moment is renovation of the central Aissa Mandi, who ends his contract in June 2021. “We are negotiating its renewal,” Cordón said this Wednesday, very reserved about the details of it, that the Verdiblanco club has been trying to close unsuccessfully for months.
Cordón has also referred to the negotiations with Barça for Miranda, which go beyond the year of loan outright: “The player is on loan and Betis reserves priority so that he can continue in the future. The path is very well laid out for you to continue with us. I'm not looking for future options for what another club is going to do. What I want is for Miranda to play well and then the parties will agree on what needs to be agreed ”, explained the Betic sports director.
Cordón is carrying out a profound restructuring of the club's sports area, although he did not want to give more details, which “not even the bosses know about.” “The club is changing, we are working to renew all levels,” he limited himself to saying during Miranda's presentation. Technicians such as Alberto Benito -ex sports director of Cádiz and Almería- or the Sevillian José Ignacio Navarro, who worked for Sevilla years ago with Monchi and was also with Cordón at Villarreal and Granada, they have been working under Cordón for weeks. at Betis.