Merquelanz and Athletic: “There was interest, no offers”

The name of Martín Merquelanz was related last season with Athletic, since he concluded his contract in 2021 and Elizegi could incorporate him for free, without having to negotiate with the Real. Alkorta went so far as to affirm that it is not possible to sign players with a current contract, but the door was open for next season. The left-handed winger shone at Mirandés and finally renewed as txuri-urdin, although he is not having minutes. The two crusader breaks have been tripping in his career.

“My people in the environment know how this situation happened, and at all times I was in contact with Roberto Olabe and with the president, Jokin Aperribay. I was talking to my agent, my agent communicated with them, and that's it, … all we asked for was patience because I wanted to think things through, but at no time was any other type of offers put on the table, “he explained at COPE Gipuzkoa.

And focusing on his Athletc was behind, he cleared: “Nor did they ever tell me the teams, because they were not offers as such or they were not raised as such, they were more interests. They did tell me that there was interest from LaLiga Santander teams, but since I was focused, my intention after the year on loan was to return to Real, and we didn't stop to assess it either. The year was going round in Miranda, so we did not consider any other option and we decided to continue there, and continue doing things well ”.