Willy Hernangómez, from kissing the Real Madrid shield to the idol of the eternal rival

2023-07-14 12:58:52

There are gifts on Twitter of Willy Hernangómez standing up from his seat in the WiZink Center, kissing the shield on the Real Madrid shirt he wore as a fan, and amid a thunderous ovation from the public. The pivot was trained in the Real Madrid youth academy, has played forty games with the first team and whenever the NBA schedule allowed him, he would go down Calle Goya to cheer on Madrid and greet his former teammates, some of them friends of him The white club had their rights for the return to Europe that is going to take place now but through the Barça door. The pivot has signed a three-year contract with Barcelona, ​​after Real Madrid did not match the offer by making the right of first refusal effective.

They consider in Valdebebas that the salary that Barcelona pays him is out of the market and that he breaks some plans that mainly go through sealing the renewal of Eddy Tavares, the most decisive center of the moment in Europe. A few hundred thousand euros, not many, separate both parties, but the logical thing is that the Cape Verdean continue to be the pillar on which Real Madrid’s game revolves next season. And on the bench is Vincent Poirier, with a valid contract and who was closing the door on Willy’s return at the moment. A “timing” problem that has led the center to play for the eternal enemy.

This step supposes becoming hated after having been loved, something that Mirotic experienced to extremes that it would be highly advisable to never reach again. There will be anger when he visits the WiZink Center instead of applause for a player who has confessed that his wish was to return to Madrid, but that he is also a professional and the best salary and the best project were at the Palau. Barcelona is breaking the little piggy bank it has left to make up for Mirotic’s goodbye, paying clauses, one million to get Joel Parra and 1.1 to get Darío Brizuela released. They are looking for Roger Grimau to have a squad to compete for everything despite Mirotic’s goodbye, although the power forward continues to cost the Barça section money. «I do not understand what is happening, they have communicated to us publicly and privately that they want to do without Nikola, but we do not have any written notification or anything official. Mirotic costs Barça 31,000 euros a day, “said the agent in a statement to the RAC1 station. There is no agreement for the termination of his expensive contract and if things continue like this he would have to show up the day training begins.

Real Madrid calmly witness what is happening in Barcelona and do not separate from the planned plan. Cornelie, Hanga, Randolph and Williams-Goss have already been released, while the renewals of Sergio Rodríguez, Gabriel Deck and Rudy Fernández have been announced. The next one must be that of Facundo Campazzo, who is going to return to Real Madrid and is another of the great priorities of Chus Mateo’s men. The Argentine is a European “top3” in his position today and with his return and the renewal of Tavares and Deck, it is considered that the deep structure of the squad is guaranteed for several years.