Athletic wants to close their wounds. The sports, leaving the relegation places in which the course has started. At the moment, adding the three points on Sunday at the expense of Levante. Suture. And the institutional ones, turning the page of the frustrated attempt to sign Llorente in the last second of the market and the contradictions shown between Alkorta and Elizegi in the explanations.
Balenziaga, one of the veterans of the squad, clears in the chapter on the details of the rojiblanca black week and concentrates his efforts on asking for unity. Looking ahead. Of course, the left-handed side admits that “those of us who are Athletic fans, we don't like to see it in this way, as news for this kind of thing.”
I call Llorente to Athletic? Did the club call you? Was it the players? “I just think the most important thing was not who spoke or how things were done. Both the players, the club, the fans and you (in reference to the journalists) have one thing in common, the good of Athletic. And every day we try to find the best solutions for the club ”, explains the one from Zumarraga.
He wants to settle that controversy that has surrounded the Bilbao entity in recent days. “It has already happened, it will not contribute more to us. Thinking about what happened last week does not contribute, it does not add up. And what I want to try is to add, and I think the best thing for all of us is to focus on Sunday's game, “he says. Balenziaga.
At the same time, the Athletic defender highlights that “personally, I trust 100% in this team, in the board of directors and in the sports director. In that aspect, we are what we are, those of us who are here will move things forward. You have to row all in the same direction and, all, it is all. We get together as we have always done in difficult times. Nothing else”.
The '24' rojiblanco puts on the table that “we have not started well in these four games and the most important thing is Sunday's game, getting the three points, and we are focused on that. Winning on Sunday the situation for everyone will change a lot ”.
The rojiblanco defender insists on fixing his gaze on the pitch. “We are clear that this has just begun, there is a lot of room for maneuver. We need positive energy and focus on Sunday, we work for that. Positivity and pulling forward all together ”, he emphasizes.