Athletic already has its new aspiring poker. The four puppies that will perform the preseason -which will start on August 13- under the orders of Gaizka Garitano to try to convince him and stay in the first team. Or, at least, leave a good feeling and get into the bag of alternatives of the deriotarra. Is about Jesús Areso, Unai Vencedor, Oier Zarraga and Jon Morcillo. A defender, two midfielders and one winger. They will take over from the last cubs that participated in the lions' filming stage. Oihan Sancet, Jokin Ezkieta and Dani Vivian. The middle and the goalkeeper have already debuted, the central has not yet succeeded.
Son tan (Cascante, 2-7-1999) is a 1'82 right back. In the last campaign he has played 27 league games with Bilbao Athletic, 24 of them as a starter. He has been the fourth in minutes (2,161) of the Joseba Etxeberria. He is a powerful player, with a long journey through the band, who has already accumulated three campaigns as a puppy. He played almost half an hour in the friendly with Athletic against Toulouse in Baiona in September 2019. He arrived in Lezama in the summer of 2017, signing for four years, coming from Osasuna after paying his 450,000 euro clause. The signing of the then youth caused the Navarrese club to break relations with Athletic.
Victor (Bilbao, 11-15-2000) is the youngest of the four, although he already debuted with the first team against Osasuna on February 16. He was on the work wave with Garitano in various phases. “They are present and future players and are in our dynamics,” explained the coach when he quoted the media, Ezkieta and Vivian for the Camp Nou. In the last year with Bilbao Athletic he was second in minutes (2,430), spread over 27 games, all in eleven. He has 63 in two campaigns, with five goals, and from the club they highlight “his placement, organization of the game and set pieces”.
Zarraga (Getxo, 4-1-1999) has been a bit covered, although he was already standing out, because there has been more talk about the projection of other young people. Although, without going any further, Isma Urzaiz Yesterday underlined in this same space the name of the midfielder as one of the players with the level to face the future with optimism. Not surprisingly, in his first campaign in the rojiblanco subsidiary, he has been the puppy that has accumulated the most minutes (2,559) and has contributed 5 goals to the cause. It takes from fry in Lezama. “Technically well endowed and with a lot of motor,” they describe from Athletic.
Black pudding (Amorebieta 9-15-1998) has been, as the Bilbao entity points out, “one of the revelations of the season, which has led Athletic to make him a first-team record. In his second campaign in the subsidiary, he has scored 10 goals in 29 games ”. He has been the top scorer of the Joseba Etxeberria. In 27 appointments he has been part of the initial formation. He has tied for fourth in terms of minutes played (2,161) with Son tan. In early May, the left-handed winger, who ended his contract in June, was renewed until 2023, with several clubs on the lookout for his good performances. He arrived in Lezama in the summer of 2016 from the Cultural de Durango.