Aritz Elustondo renews with the Real Sociedad until 2024. It was an open secret, and it was made official earlier this afternoon. Beasain's defender ended his contract in 2022 and extends his contract for two more seasons, to adapt his relationship with the San Sebastian team to the importance he has been acquiring within the first squad, of which he is already one of its captains and heavyweights, with only 26 years and five seasons as a professional player for all intents and purposes. “I have been in the first team for many seasons and I am aware of the responsibility I have”, said the central Beasain on the website of the realistic club after signing the new contract.
The agreement between the defender of Beasain and the Real Sociedad had been approved for days, but the positive that he gave in the first PCR tests of the preseason of Aritz Elustondo has delayed his signing, until he has been able to rejoin the preseason in Zubieta, and therefore be able to go to the Reale Arena to close the agreement and record the video with his statements as a realistic soccer player until June 2024. This is a major renovation Because the besaindarra is a player with a lot of weight both on the field of play and in the realistic dressing room, with a very good consideration by the txuri-urdin fans, who do not forget two fundamental aspects of their relationship with Real Sociedad. On the one hand, that its previous renovation took place a day after the “escape” of Iñigo Martínez to Athletic de Bilbao, showing your commitment to your club. And on the other hand, his fans confess to Real, because before he was a player he was a fan, as shown by the now famous photograph in the Riazor stands on the day of the last realistic classification for the Champions League, confused among the rest of the fans with a flag, T-shirt, and scarf around his neck, cheering incessantly.
Elustondo has accumulated a hundred games in the Real Sociedad first team, becoming one of the Txuri-Urdin benchmarks in the line-ups, for his level and his versatility, to be able to act both as a central and right back. For that reason, he is aware of the importance that this renewal has on his professional career. “I am very happy and proud, because after so many years here, being able to renew your contract is the best thing that can happen to you, because at home is where it is best. I had two years left on my contract and the one that the club proposes to renew for two more when it still has no need, there you value how they treat you. ANDI am very grateful to the Club for the trust they have placed in meI have been in the first team for many seasons and I am aware of the responsibility I have. It means that they see you with some importance in the club, and what I'm going to try to restore that confidence in the field because last year was tough in terms of injuries, and for that reason it is more of values that they have wanted to renew me “, says the besaindarra, who looks with ambition to the next season, in which they will have to play five competitions for the first time in the history of the realistic club. “It is an important year in which we will have to be ambitious in all competitions and make it the start of a routine.”
Elustondo is already working with the rest of his colleagues in Zubieta after having overcome COVID-19. And now he wants to make up for lost time. “It is not pleasant that in the situation we are in, they tell you that you test positive, but luckily let's say that I have had a good time, I have not had any symptoms, and I was looking forward to returning with my colleagues, because in the end I joined a week later. I started with great enthusiasm, I have been here for a few days and I am very excited to face the demanding season that lies ahead. “The besaindarra is one more within a wide realistic squad, of quality and with continuity as the main characteristics.”We are a balanced team, with many people from the quarry and young people; and then we have signings that give you the same or even more. It is that leap in quality that the club you are looking for, because it deserves to be in those positions, and what we are looking for is that this is something regular “.