Frantic days at Betis to square the final squad for 2021-22, at least until January. The signing of a forward is practically non-negotiable for Manuel Pellegrini and among the preferences, right now as the great objective, is the Brazilian Willian José, for whom he is already negotiating with Real Sociedad.
The attacker, who yesterday was left out of the call for the match against Rayo Vallecano, It has other offers from LaLiga and also from Turkey and Brazil, where it is highly valued. But his priority is to continue in Spain and he looks forward to landing in Heliópolis. He has, of course, a significant salary and wants to contract at least the time he has left in San Sebastián, until 2024. In fact, he would prefer to sign four or five seasons of connection with his new club. And that is one of the main conditions that he places on his suitors.
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La Real does not want him to return to the club next season. If it is not a pure and simple transfer, the San Sebastian club does intend that the purchase after the transfer be mandatory in the month of June. For this purchase, a figure of between 7 and 10 million euros has been shuffled with Betis, much lower than the one that Wolverhampton Wolves had to pay at the end of last season, of 25 million. With the English club, Willian José scored a goal and gave an assist in 17 appearances in the Premier League and one in the FA Cup.
It will be necessary to see if the verdiblanco club, which has some other free attackers on its agenda or who would arrive through a dry transfer, manages to free up enough to pay Willian's salary and balances the accounts for that mandatory disbursement of the next campaign.