New player case who may cross the A8 shortly. Again, the interests of Real Sociedad and Athletic Club in terms of players are at odds. This time, the protagonist is Alex Petxarroman, the captain of Real Sociedad B who has just achieved a historic promotion to Second Division 60 years later. That is, in principle it would not be just any player, but his case has several peculiarities. The San Sebastian side, who ends his contract now in June at La Real, has had an offer to sign for Athletic Club for a long time, and apparently he would be seriously considering accepting it. Even if Xabi Alonso wants to count on him for this next season in the silver category, as Diario AS has learned, something that could lead him to rethink his future, that he was safe outside the San Sebastian club in case he had not achieved promotion and had stayed in the First RFEF.
Petxarroman has been this last season one of the most important players for Xabi Alonso at Sanse. He plays as a right back, but he has also performed at an optimal level as a pivot, as he did in the second half against Andorra in the playoff semifinal to Second in Almendralejo. The problem of the San Sebastian player was his age, 24 years old already in February. Because at that age the homegrown players no longer have a place in the realistic subsidiary when they were in Second B, always betting on the under-23, and because it is understood that if at that age you have not made the leap to the first team, it means that their opportunity has passed. For that reason, his future was outside of Real Sociedad if he had not been promoted to Second, the club had no intention of renewing him and did not even have a proposal. But the promotion radically change his situation, and now it is a value on the rise, due to his sporting level, his age and the experience he can bring to the rest of his teammates.
In fact, Xabi Alonso would have already informed him that he is counting on him for his project with the subsidiary in Second and among the first requests that he would have made to the club is the extension of the contract of Petxarroman to compete in Second. He has been their captain this last season and he is a player of their total confidence. This is obviously something that the Donostiarra values, but it may be late, because various sources in Bilbao point out that negotiations are advanced with their representative agency, the IDUB group. It is unknown what plans he may have Athletic with Petxarroman, but if he offers to be part of the first team, It is something that the Real is not going to be able to reach, because the club's bet for that position goes by another line.
In La Real, the maximum that Petxarroman would be offered today is a renewal of the contract with the subsidiary in the Second Division, once again being captain of the 'foals'. Because the line that is followed with that position goes other paths. In the first team, the two right-backs are a Gorosabel that has grown dramatically this season and a Joseba Zaldua, consolidated as one of the captains of the Real despite the bad luck he has had this year with injuries. And below Olabe's future bet for the position is Alex Sola, who is not yet 21 years old, so Petxarroman has no place today in the first team txuri-urdin. We will have to be attentive, because the captain of Sanse can be from Athletic soon, despite Xabi Alonso's interest in having him.