2023-04-21 09:27:12
He Athletic Club has announced, through a press conference and on its social networks, that Mikel Balenciaga one of the oldest players on the squad, will stop being in the ranks of the rojiblanco team at the end of the season.
In the press conference he commented: “it is a decision that I have taken with total naturalness”. The main reason why the player has made this choice has been because of losing.”prominence in the field“. The player added that “it is important for a player to see that it is time to step aside.”
The lateral’s speech ended up commenting on that “thorn” that he has stuck in not having been able to lift the Copa del Rey with Athletic. But, he is calm because he still has many years to go before he can see the Athletic raise the glassbecause as he said.
The club president, Jon Uriarte assured that the player meets all the values that the team has as its flag and decided to give him a commemorative shirt with him “xopo” Iribar.
His colleagues, there present at the press conference, could not avoid shed a tear hearing his friend’s goodbye words. He, at the end of the press conference, could be seen somewhat excited.
The defender made his debut in the first division in 2008, at the club where he is retiring after 12 seasons and for the moment 321 parties after the Athletic Club. The player went through various clubs such as Numancia and the Real Valladolid and it was not until 2013 that it was consolidated in “Cathedral”.
The most remarkable thing he has achieved to Valencia in his career are two Super Cups of Spain, in 2015 and 2021, both against Fútbol Club Barcelona.
He single goal, At the moment, in his entire career it was in the 2016/17 season against Sevilla. The Gipuzkoan scored a “chicharro” with his left foot that made everything san mames bounce.
What to expect from Balenziaga in the future
Nothing is known yet about what the “zurigorri” player is going to do next season. But everything indicates that he is not going to retire. The most logical thing is that he try other leagues outside the country, such as Japan, China or Qatar, although these are only assumptions.
What is clear is that the player will continue to be linked to the Bilbao entity since, as he said: “I’m going to be from Athletic until I die“.
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