Betis are pondering the opening of the Paul Akouokou file

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the midfielder Paul Akouokou He did not attend the training session of the first team of Real Betis on Tuesday, when his transfer to Espanyol de Barcelona was practically completed, an operation that could not be closed due to the negative attitude of the Ivorian player, who was missing almost the whole season . day, according to Seville’s ABC denunciation. Finally, Espanyol acquired the services of midfielder José Gragera, from Sporting de Gijón.

Paul claimed to have a fever and an earache to miss training on Tuesday, the last day of the transfer market, but he did not appear at the Verdiblanco club’s medical services to be examined, as is mandated in these cases, and he was unavailable to be reached throughout the morning for the emissaries sent by Betis to his home to inquire about his situation.

Manuel Pellegrini himself, in a press conference, showed his surprise on Tuesday that he did not know what happened to Paul: “The players are all available for tomorrow’s game. They have all been summoned except Paul. Today we don’t know what happened. with him. The truth is that I can’t explain anymore because I don’t know either”.

In this way, Paul’s transfer to Espanyol did not materialize, willing to pay almost 5 million euros in two stages to the Verdiblanco club for the Ivorian international midfielder -who increased his annual record five times-, who is now in a very sensitive within the Verdiblanco club, where he still has a contract until June 2024.

He can leave the discipline of bética for the next few days

Paul could still leave the discipline to Betic in the next few days with foreign leagues still open to their transfer window and not taking disciplinary action against the player for his attitude in this whole matter. For now, Paul will be removed from the Europa League list as his place will be taken by Ayoze Pérez from Tenerife, who is finally temporarily registered in the League due to other economic adjustments made by the Verdiblanco club, which requires Paul’s transfer money to give him salary cap room, which has already been exceeded.

Source: La Verdad

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