He will likely start as a left-handed winger, his favorite position, this Saturday Luis Rioja inside the 1-5-4-1 who is rehearsing during the national team break Ruben Baraja to try to gain strength and that the bottom of First division support your reaction from behind. It will be a very special match for the one from The Heads of Saint Johnwho has never hidden that he is a supporter and partner of the Real Betis from the cradle. Although there will also be a bit of revenge this 23-N in Mestalla. To the ex of Deportivo Alavés He still has not forgotten that, at the end of January of this 2024caressed with the tips of his fingers his dream of wearing the shield of the thirteen bars on his chest, which he did not achieve even in the lower categories. After many winks from the heart, two transfer windows ago, the Green and White officials finally included him in the ‘short list’ of stilettos, but the ‘Financial Fair Play’ and the ‘babazorras’ demands frustrated everything.
They did not go down Vitoria of five million euros in his assessment of the former Celta B, Marbella or UD Almeríawhile from the noble floor of the Benito Villamarin They were planted in the middle. Despite the good returns that the departure of Luiz Henrique al Botafogoin The Palm Tree a priority was placed on Pablo Fornals, ‘Chimy‘ Avila and Cedric Bakambu as complements to a Johnny Cardoso that did not even wait for Christmas to land. They replaced Juan Cruzthat of Petrópolis, Borja Iglesias y Andres Guardadoleaving the Rioja at the expense of Rodri Sánchez, Assane Diao or (to a lesser extent, because he had just returned from a serious injury) Nabil Fekir They also opened a gap. In any case, calculations were made, but even the last euro available in a club still with the salary cap exceeded and far from the 1:1 rule It was used in the four discharges mentioned. CA Osasuna, West Ham and the already mentioned Deportivo Alavés They didn’t give anything.
From the Real Betis They asked the Cabecesense for patience in the next market, although it was not a preferential incorporation either, already with Manu Fajardo in total command of operations in the Heliopolitan sports management. In this case, in Basque lands the claims of one of its captains were considerably lowered (until 1.2 million) in his last year of contract and was the Valencia CF the one who really opted to incorporate Luiswho, despite the fact that it is very difficult for him to feel anything other than love and passion for the green-and-white entity, is a little disappointed for the management of his situation and the lack of delicacy by a player who has shown his predilection in public and private. This weekend, he will try to make his debut against those of Manuel Pellegrinisince there are only two rivals who he has faced more times (than those 9) without scoring or assisting: CA Osasuna and Levante UD.