Etxebe's departure has left Bilbao Athletic's managerial position empty. Alkorta is now looking for a substitute for elgoibartarra. More interested in a future for the first team or a fixed for Lezama.
The break at the competitive level in which the two professional Athletic teams have been immersed, in the male field I mean, allows us to delve into certain aspects of the life of the rojiblanco club that go more unnoticed in the heat of the league, cupbearer, European or even supercoper . Everything arises from the knowledge that Joseba Etxeberria He does not intend to continue as Bilbao Athletic coach. Alkorta Since then, he has been forced to hire a new technician for the subsidiary.
I admit it to me The decision made in his day by Josu Urrutia to place a coach with experience in the First Division on the Bilbao Athletic bench that, when the time comes, he could make the leap to the first team. Happened with Kuko ziganda first and barely a year and a half later with Gaizka Garitano.
The other day, however, a professional with extensive experience in the world of football, both professional and educational, sowed doubts about it. Would it be better to continue the formula followed for a few years in this part with the subsidiary's coach or, on the contrary, would it not be more convenient to bet on Lezama for a coach without pretensions to reach the first team and focused and concentrated solely and exclusively on Bilbao Athletic?
Suddenly the figure of the deceased came to mind, but no less endearing, Nico Estefano. The eternal youth Athletic coach until someone gave Lezama for ‘modernizing’. A man of the house without any pretense of reaching the first team.
I still do not have very clear, I admit, which of the two formulas is more convenient for Athletic. The debate, in any case, is served. There it is.