José Campaña (Seville, 5/31/1993) is the fashionable man in Levante, Athletic's next rival. He received his first call from the national team, with which he made his debut in the friendly against Portugal. It has sparked the interest of Leeds and Atlético de Madrid in the recently closed transfer market. And, in addition, he commands the table of dribblers in First. It is a fixture in the plans of your technician, Paco López.
Bell, who has given an assist and fired five shots in the 360 minutes accumulated in his four complete games, shares the lead in the dribbling classification with Gerard Moreno, from Villarreal. Both have already drawn 15 dribbles so far this season. The Frenchman from Betis completes the podium with 14 Fekir.
In his career a few curiosities appear. One of them that of his last contract with the granota club. He signed it in April 2019, when negotiations began in May 2018. Almost a year with the papers on the table. Signed in 2016, their relationship ended in 2020. Now, both parties are united until 2023, raising their possible sale price from 15 to 60 million euros. When the agreement was closed, some media pointed out that his fixed salary, to which possible variables should be added, would be around three “kilos.”
Bell, who is sharing these days days with Unai Simon in the state team, has also made headlines for the recent signing attempt by Leeds of Marcelo Bielsa. The Premier club would have put on the table 15 million more variable euros. An offer rejected by Quico Catalan, president of the Valencian team, putting the price of the brand new international at 30 ‘kilos’. The Elland Road ended up hiring Raphinha, from Rennes.
It also sounded for Atlético de Madrid after the exit at the stroke of a clause of 50 million Thomas Partey towards Arsenal, although they do not occupy exactly the same position on the board. “If a team calls you like that, you have to think about it. When those teams sound, you want to grow sportingly. I think we all like these teams to set one, I am no less “, let himself be loved by the Levante player who, after the first league game, would have already hinted at his desire to embark on a deeper adventure.
Sevilla, a club in whose quarry he was formed, also had an eye on him and tried to recover him before his renewal. But the Levantine club rejected an offer of 20 million. Monchi has you on its sharp radar and Julen
Lopetegui He knows him from his time at Porto, while still very young, and from the lower categories of the national team. Apart from the Portuguese team and the Seville quarry, he has also gone through others such as Crystal Palace, Nuremberg, Alcorcón and Sampdoria.
The Sevillian found out about his call for the national team while he was treadmill in the gym and they brought him the Red shirt. Applauded and congratulated by his colleagues. “I am happy for the first call. Hopefully the work serves so that it is not the only one, “he said. Has reached the absolute with Luis Enrique at 27, six after his last appearance with the U21.
The Andalusian could be described as an ‘all-field player’, using the English expression ‘box to box’. Defend and attack. With good ball handling and without wrinkling in disputes. With the granota shirt he has been seen playing practically all roles of the medullary. Although lately perhaps he has been more thrown to the left wing in a line of four. But catalyzing the team's game from that location.
As main offensive weapons, in addition to the ability to overflow Bell, Levante also has other elements to be taken into account by Athletic this Sunday. On the one hand, the ‘Commander’ Morales, which is also the one that has fallen offside the most times (8), is in the group that leads the top scorer, with three goals. The same figure they accumulate Blades (Celtic), Maxi gomez (Valencia) Gerard and Alcacer (Villarreal) and Ansu Fati (Barça). On the other hand, Bardhi is the third that has fired the most shots (7), the same as Nolito (Celtic), second only to Gerard and Maxi Gómez, with nine and eight, respectively. By the way, the Macedonian made a double at San Mamés in the 2017-18 campaign with the two free-kicks that he scored against Kepa.