Real Betis attended the match against Valencia in Mestalla plagued by losses in the center of the field. Johnny Cardoso’s injury during the break with the United States team joined the already known injuries to Marc Roca and William Carvalho, leaving Sergi Altimira as the only specific midfielder in the first team. Furthermore, during the week Pablo Fornals also fell, with many reasons to delay his position and act in the center, so Manuel Pellegrini had no choice but to pull from the quarry.
All eyes were pointed at Mateo Flores, who already debuted in LaLiga against Osasuna and started against CD Gévora in the Copa del Rey and against Celje in the Conference League. However, The ‘Engineer’ surprised by giving a starting shirt to Carlos Guirao, in what was his debut in the league championshipsince he already had 9 minutes in his official debut in the first round of the KO tournament.
The Madrid native had 58 minutes, demonstrating character and intensity. But the curious thing is that, at 21 years old, he is a footballer who He arrived at the Helióplis club last summer on loan from Leganés, with whom he has a current contract. In fact, this same campaign, after shining in his youth team, he was called up by the Pepinero team’s first team on the first day of LaLiga against Osasuna, although he did not play any minutes.
With the season already started, therefore, he landed at Betis Deportivo and on the third day he started against Recreativo de Huelva in Primera RFEF. Since then, he has become a fixture in Arzu’s plans, being the anchor in the midfield of a reserve team that has become the best in Spain. In total, He has played 11 games, all of them from the beginning and nine completely, also adding two assists.
The purchase option is around one million euros
That good performance has made Pellegrini trust him against Valencia, but now Betis must make a decision to ensure his continuity for the next campaign. In the agreement closed months ago with the Butarque entity, in fact, A purchase option of around one million euros was stipulated.. It will not be until the end of the course when this transfer has to be made effective, but after his jump to the first team, everything indicates that Guirao has many options to continue wearing green and white.