Manuel Pellegrini has received the endorsement of the Betic President and Vice President, Angel Haro Y Jose Miguel Catalan, as well as the sports director, Antonio Cordon, in these moments of crisis, after the team has chained seven defeats in the last nine games and has offered a very poor image in the last two, against Athletic (4-0) and Eibar (0-2), just after the injury to Sergio Canales.
The Chilean coach came out last week of the first information regarding the arrival of reinforcements in the winter market, ensuring that Betis has no money to make signings, which is really the case, although the sports management is working on the departure of some of the heavyweights of the squad to balance the accounts and allow the incorporation of a defender, the priority of the coaching staff at this time.
In this sense, the main candidate to leave the Betic discipline next January is the Portuguese international William Carvalho, who has already been a substitute in 4 of the 11 (36%) league matches played (in the two preceding campaigns only he it had been in 6 of 44, 14%) under the command of Manuel Pellegrini, who ranked him as a starter in the first four and only in three of the last seven.
William Carvalho arrived at Betis in the summer of 2018 from Sporting Lisbon, in exchange for 16 million euros, plus 4 in variables, for 75% of the pass, with the possibility for the Verdiblanco club to acquire 20% more for another 10 million euros, half mandatory if he got into the Champions League, which has not happened.
Benfica, which this Thursday must certify its classification for the Europa League round of 32 – it has a five-point advantage over the third – is very interested in obtaining the services of William Carvalho and negotiations with Real Betis can be finalized in brief. Jorge Jesús, current coach of Benfica, had William Carvalho three seasons under his command at Sporting Lisbon.