
He Athletic It has a problem at the Defense Center. I had it when the preseason started and has worsened over the days. The happy Murphy's law. If something can leave … it will be worse. I was already short of troops and meets the injuries of Popinuz and of Paredes In the last week. Vivian stays as the only specific central of the first template right now. With Laporte at the point of view of Ibaiganethe rojiblanca need to reinforce in the axis of the rear of more evident.
A movement that is heated at times after the recent words of Jorge Jesús. “Laporte is going to leave and a central will arrive,” The coach of the Al-Nassr on Wednesday after playing a friendly with the Toulouse In the 'Stage' that the Saudis are completing in Austria and in which agen does not participate. The conversations advance to try to reach a common point with the Riad squad. Yes indeed, Cristiano Ronaldo's team will not let out any price to a player who makes two summers paid about 27 million euros to Manchester City, As much as you only subtract one year of contract.
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The last to fall into the defense of Athletic It has been Popinuzwho had to ask for the change in half an hour in front of the Racing. The medical part offered yesterday by the Zurigorri entity speaks in the first instance of a “ERRORSIS IN THE RIGHT KNEE”. Paredeswho had been off the group in Lezama for a couple of days, suffers “An overload in the femoral rectum of its left leg” that drags from Eindhoven. The two are exercised outside and are pending evolution.
Beyond reaching or not finally an agreement for Laportethe reality is that Athletic needs, at least, an incorporation for the Defense Center. The name of Azpilicueta Keep flying after Nuñez He has left yielded to Hellas Verona. And it is that the unknown continues with Yeray. No news since his positive doping case exploded. Neither the player nor the rojiblanco club offers update of the procedure because it is still in an instructional phase and subject to confidentiality.
Valverde has not hidden the “Little problem”this was described after the friendly with the Alavéswhich has in the rear. After the game with the RacingHe made it clear that he looks more inside the booth than what is out: “We work with what we have and the problems we can have, we have to solve them now. He couldn't think that someone will come or will not come. ” Do you expect the Mr. any signing? “At the moment I don't expect anything, let's see. I focus more on what we have right now.”

Egiluz replaces an injured walls in the friendly of Eindhoven
They remain two weeks for the league debut, but the most immediate setback to solve for Valverde is the double appointment with the Liverpool. Two consecutive friendlies against the champion of the Premier This Monday, at 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. There will be many minutes to distribute and few troops. From Luis It will also come after premiering in preseason with the first team in Murious.
Two seasons ago, the Athletic “He played with fire,” he said Valverdemoving a whole year with three centrals. He did not burn, but he did learn and last year added to Nuñezassigned from the Celta. It was found that That central room figure was very necessary. He participated in 15 meetings, played 994 minutes and appeared in the eleven in one day key as the European return against the Roma. The Bilbao team needs more effective reinforcements, for the center of the rear in a very loaded campaign both at the quantitative and qualitative level.