“I am very confident that I can renew”

Raul Garcia He is one of Athletic’s players whose contract will expire at the end of this season. The Navarrese striker, who has a few minutes Valverde this season at 36 years old, was confirmed in the program EUP! of Durangaldeko Television that at the moment he does not maintain contacts with the club to extend his relationship, although he clearly sees the conditions to continue for another season. “Right now, there is nothing. I have always said the same thing, I am a person with whom you can talk calmly. The club that I am with knows very well that they can discuss any situation, both positive and negative. In I think because of the trajectory that I’ve had that conversation has to happen. I have full confidence that I can renew, it’s like that. I always say the same thing, as soon as I see that I’m not here to renew , I stepped aside because I didn’t want to harm anyone”, he said.

Athletic’s ’22’ played 25 league games, 5 of them starts. “I’m in a situation where I can see that I’m participating in all the games, the coach continues to trust me. Now with five changes, matches are planned to be won in the end. I feel comfortable in any situation. I’m also comfortable starting or changing, but I have a lot to contribute. I am calm but I also want to know”, he added.

Is the economic issue a problem? “I have never had such a problem, I have renovated here several times and the people who have met them know how I think and how I act. So excuses are useless for me, it is very clear to me that the main goal is to know whether you count or not and from then on there is no problem”. The player is confident of being in Lezama next season: “I’m working on it, I’m working for it. It depends on two parts, one of them is clear. Let’s hope so.”

The footballer trained at Osasuna arrived at Athletic in August 2015. Almost eight years have passed. “There are many seasons and I am glad that there are many. It was a wise decision. If we look back, the performance was very good and there is hope and determination to continue,” he reiterated.

His signing was involved in controversy, but he removed all doubts from the first game, when he scored a goal against Getafe in San Mamés with Valverde as coach: “I’m 100% involved and I’m trying defend what is mine and what belongs to my colleagues . Work and work, there is no other explanation. I will never forgive myself for saying that I am not professional. That is very clear to me. Behavior has to be exemplary, to show that I’m involved. From there things will come.

Athletic achieved an important victory against Valladolid before the break. “Football is about results. We know that we are in a period where we have to win, that to achieve the goals that we know we can achieve is important and besides that the break will come, we are in a good moment.”, he pointed out Raul Garcia in Durangaldeko Television.

Now comes an important month of April, with seven games, one of which is transcendental, the second leg of the Cup semifinal against Osasuna. But first you have to host Getafe this Saturday. “The first step to win the game against Osasuna is Getafe. It’s not a cliché, facing the semifinals with good feelings and even winning at home is another step to achieve it. The match against Osasuna is special, it can they put us back “In a final, you have to value it. Those of us who have known for a long time what the finals mean, it’s not easy. That’s why we have to put everything in, as our people are going to put it in,” Navarrese said.