It is not usual for soccer players’ parents to be protagonists in the press, but SER Deportivos Baleares took advantage of the match between Espanyol and Mallorca on Sunday to speak with Kike Darder, father of Sergi, from Artà and raised in the perico club . One of the stars of the meeting that this Friday will be waiting for the list that Luis Enrique will give at the RCDE Stadiumwhere just before Espanyol will train.
“I watch the games of Espanyol, Mallorca and Atleti. At home, since we were little we are Atleti”, began the father of the parakeet player, who are in the process of renewing with the blue and white entity. His father spoke clearly: “We are going to see how far Espanyol really wants Sergi to be their leader in the coming years and if the club takes this step the same, Sergi is going to renewhe is at the ideal age, he has to sign his best contract, he is in negotiations and Espanyol wants him to renew”.
Darder’s season is being like a museum, with his goals and assists, decisive in all the matches in which Espanyol has added. His understanding with Raúl de Tomás and his football evolution do not go unnoticed by anyone, even his father recognized that “There were some other conversations with Atlético de Madrid”.
But where if Darder wants to play, apart from Espanyol, it is in Mallorca itself. The father of Artà clearly commented on it in SER. “Or we rule out the option of Mallorca at all; Sergi is very clear, he has always said it, that he does not want to retire without playing for Mallorca“, he commented.
He also later remarked his point of view on the piques between the two teams as these last two campaigns have exemplified: “The last time he came to play here in the Copa del Rey, he felt this discomfort and this anger between the two coaches and the Mallorca fans.”