The door opens for Capa to continue as a rojiblanco

The doors of Athletic are still open for Ander Capa. The Portuguese contract ends on June 30, but two circumstances have occurred in the last month that allow him to continue with the possibility of renewing his contract, his goal as he stated in the interview published by Mundo Deportivo on May 30. “What I would like is to stay here,” he said.

The first is the march of Marcelino Garcia Toral as coach of the first team. The Spaniard confirmed on May 24 his departure from the club for not having the confidence of the two candidates with whom he had maintained contact, Ricardo Barkala e Iñaki Arechabaleta. with the third, Jon Uriartewho has finally won the elections, did not have time to meet as the Biscayan businessman confirmed that he had appeared a few hours before, just after the last game played by the team in Seville.

The second circumstance that plays in favor of the right back is that precisely the brand new president proposed a consensus among the then pre-candidates in the pre-campaign to jointly address the issue, while asking the player not to make a decision about his future.

Proposal

“With the aim of not harming the player or the club itself, we believe that the sporting situation of Ander Capa must be outside the electoral contest. For this reason, next week we will connect with the other two candidacies to propose that our respective sports teams, once the candidacies have been confirmed by the electoral board, face and seek a consensual solution to this situation between the club and the player, “he said. at the time Izan Athletic.

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This candidacy added that “at the same time, as we have done in private, we ask Ander to wait for these meetings to take place before making any type of decision, while we want to thank him for his willingness to want to continue at Athletic” .

In the end, the agreement did not come to fruition. Iñaki Arechabaleta communicated his intention to sign a pre-contract with the Biscayan, something that did not materialize either, and the one who spoke less clearly on the matter was Barkala.

The truth is that the circumstance has arisen that can most benefit Otherthe trio of Jon Uriarte at the polls. Now we will have to see the intentions of Ernest Valverde on the matter, and also of the future sports director with full powers over everything that concerns the men’s and women’s team.

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He only played a few minutes against Osasuna

Ander Capa’s future has festered in the 2021-22 season between the lack of contact with the club to extend his contract and the ostracism to which he has been subjected with Marcelino. The Portuguese player only played a few minutes against Osasuna in the last match played at San Mamés. He came on in the 87th minute to replace Iñaki Williams after being receptive to playing, as confirmed by the coach himself. The Portuguese player received applause from the stands when he jumped onto the field. The Spaniard opted for De Marcos, Lekue and even Petxarroman for the right side