“What I foresee is fighting again for that fifth, that sixth, that seventh place”

The appearance of Rafa Alkorta in the press room Jose Iragorri de San Mamés It served to give a broad overview of the current situation of the Athletic. The sports director described the recently finished season as “good”, with the dressing, he stressed, of the Cup final, “fantastic”. although he assumed that the team signed an “irregular” exercise, with a very good start with those ten games that were mixed with the Cup ”.

We've been brushing the stick for two seasons

In his opinion, “after the confinement, it seems to me that until the day of Leganés we had a tremendous handicap to enter Europe and we stayed for two seventh days,” reasoning that he regretted staying on the shore “after a great job.”

Looking ahead to the next exercise, Alkorta did an optimism exercise. “What I foresee is fighting again for that fifth, that sixth, that seventh place, which is the fight we have, like this year with three or four other teams that are of our level. We have been brushing the stick for two seasons, “he predicted.

Loas for the quarry

The optimism distilled by the sports director is based on the benefits offered by the new generations. “TWe have to look at what is ours, that is why we have had a great Bilbao Athletic, a great Basconia. We have players with a great future and you know that each year it is more difficult for us to bring players. We keep looking at our house, which is what gives us foodr ”, he said.