another defense

The Royal Society announced yesterday the renewal of the Diego Rico until 2025. He is one of nine players in the squad on a short contract, in his case it ended this June, and he will remain at the club for two more seasons. The Burgos full-back arrived at the club from Bournemouth two summers ago and followed a clear upward trend in his performance, which ended up convincing the sports management to continue with the team. The txuri urdin club thus reveals one of the mysteries that remained unsolved for a short time. there is only David Silva and Asier Illarramendi with a contractual bond of three months, in addition to the appointed Sorloth.

And this is the extension of the contract of Rich it is assumed that the entire defense of the first team, consisting of eight players, in addition to those on loan satanthose who are not pure protectors but sometimes worked there as barrenetxea or those who contributed from Sanse, except ArambarriThey have a valid contract for the next season, at least.

Zubieta dominated at the back

Gorosabel, Zubeldia and Aihen concluded the contract in 2024, Rich in 2025, Aritz, Sola and Le Normand in 2026, and Pacheco in 2027. The only foreigner, and the last to renew, is Diego Ricothat’s understandable Le Normand it ended up being built in Zubieta. Two players per position, including the joker Aritzconfirmed for the future in the short and medium term.

rich persuasion

The evolution of Diego Rico it is patent. He started by sowing a lot of doubts in the games far from what he showed in other teams and inappropriate mistakes, for example, the transfer of 15 million that Bournemouth paid for him. Injuries did not help him to establish himself in the team but, little by little, he prevailed Aihen and showing more of its virtues.

He now has 51 games with realistic elastic, 44 of them as a starter, with a goal and an assist in nearly 4,000 minutes. Beyond the exact number of goals or assists, his offensive contribution is really missing. In recent games, he’s been more animated with long shots that have been one of the team’s clearest chances, but it’s not the norm. He himself stated on the club’s television that he must improve the centers and everything offensively.

However, this should not cloud its true significance. In his first campaign the team added 1.48 points per game in which he participated, and had five wins without him. But this campaign, in which he has been the clear starter by merit, those numbers have improved. 2 points per game with him, who has already surpassed last year’s games, titles and minutes, with 16 wins, four draws and just six losses. imanol He had enough confidence in him that the sports management decided to renew him three months after his contract.