These are not good times on a sporting level for Iñigo Lekue, the Athletic defender who had to leave the Vallecas pitch on a stretcher on Sunday. The rojiblanco club itself released a medical report yesterday in which it speaks of “a serious muscle injury.”
The Bilbao defender is one of the members of Valverde’s current squad whose contract expires on June 30 and talks for his renewal, at least until the clash against Rayo, have not yet begun. It’s time to wait and see what the Uriarte board of directors plans to do about it.
The situation of Lekue’s family is also quite special. The Athletic footballer is a father for the first time days after the death of his own daughter. Valverde spoke yesterday to Lezama about his player’s situation.
“He recently became a father, and it’s true that he warned us the other day that rest is important. It will take time. We don’t know how long. It is a big disappointment because he is a guaranteed player and he showed it all season”, reasoned the rojiblanco coach.
Medical side
Athletic itself announced a medical report on the rojiblanco defender’s situation shortly before the Gasteiz coach appeared in a press conference. “Iñigo Lekue is suffering from a serious muscle injury in the proximal myotendinous junction of the right rectus femoris muscle. It has started his rehabilitation-readaptation work”.
A bit of a problem for Valverde due to the Bilbao player’s versatility to play as a winger, and even as an interior player, on both sides. Especially when De Marcos and Yuri did not train normally this whole week.
Source: La Verdad
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