Yesterday, Athletic made Julen Agirrezabala’s number change official. The young goalkeeper of the club goes from 26 to wear 13. This difference goes beyond the mere number aspect.
The change carried out by the Ibaigane entity meant that Agirrezabala became an all-purpose first team player. One of the consequences of this change is, therefore, that the goalkeeper from Hernani will not be able to change this season, unlike last season, his participations in Athletic and Bilbao Athletic. The under-21 international goalkeeper bid farewell to the First RFEF to compete with Unai Simón in the First Division.
Agirrezabala did not enjoy a typical preseason, as he had to undergo surgery to undergo surgery on the finger of one hand. The ‘rojiblanco’ goalkeeper, who made his debut as a lion last season in both the League and Cup, has been slowly recovering and even last week saw him score against Lezama.
Iru stayed and Padilla went down
Valverde, on the other hand, has also decided that Ander Iru will be the third goalkeeper of Athletic’s first team for the rest of the season. Alex Padilla, a young goalkeeper who was in the dynamics of Athletic until this summer, will go to Bilbao Athletic to, at least in principle, act as a starter under Bingen Arostegi. Last Sunday he already had his first minute with the rojiblanco subsidiary in the match in Lezama against La Nucía that ended in a 1-2 draw.
Source: La Verdad
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