The current news of RC Celta de Vigo always has a certain impact on Real Betis and vice versa, since Borja Iglesias plays in Balaídos, a footballer on loan from the Verdiblancos and whose permanent signing the Galician club is already counting on. Similarly, at Benito Villamarín, Iker Losada, a youth player trained in A Madroa and who made his LaLiga debut with the celestial first team, plays as a local player before winning his claim last year in LaLiga Hypermotion as a player for Racing de Ferrol. For both issues, the future plans with the Panda and the reason why they did not sign the Catoira playmaker, Marco Garcés, Celta’s sports director, spoke out this Monday.
Garcés has given an eloquent interview to the newspaper AS in which he has discussed numerous topics, among them, his choices to reinforce Claudio Giráldez’s lead in the last summer market and the real terms in which that fleeting negotiation took place to address a possible return of Iker Losada. Both the Celta coach and the player himself, who is slowly making his way at Betis, admitting that he is still in the adaptation phase, have acknowledged that there were real options to return home. They did not happen and Betis ended up reaching an agreement with Racing de Ferrol.
“Really, We did not have the resources to invest in it financially. It was two million euros and it was decided that we preferred to bet on other optionsalways with the help of Claudio (Giráldez) and all the scouts,” explained the celestial sports director about that summer negotiation. Finally, Betis closed the signing of Iker Losada for 1.8 million and the 23-year-old playmaker signed a contract for five seasons, until 2029. At the moment, despite the rumors and the fact that the coach said that it would fit him, there are no movements regarding a possible operation in the imminent transfer market. January.
“There are no bets on me. It was a moment where we felt that we needed a type of player there because we needed a goal. There were very few players producing goals, we only had Larsen, Douvikas and Aspas. We wanted a winger who was more inside, who He had arrival, a mid-range shot and could also collaborate in the aerial game. We took a risk with this player, but it is my decision to bring Tadeo Allende, in the same way as Jailson, Manquillo, Marcos Alonso or Borja. Iglesias”, assured Garcés, defending the arrival of the ‘forgotten’ Argentine attacker, in line with the explanation of why he did not address the signing of Iker Losada, his surprise with Rafa Benítez, the renewal of Aspas or the future of Carlos Dotor, among other issues.