Imanol Etxeberria talks about certain names with a present and also a past at Athletic
Did you also participate in the tribute to Txopo on March 1?
I put on a black T-shirt that I brought with me. How not. I have had him as a coach, with the veterans… A great appreciation. Thanks to him I went to Lezama, to Bilbao Athletic, and I learned a lot about goalkeeping and being a goalkeeper coach. He served as a guide for me. There are very basic things that I applied to him and are valid for my way of training. It was an honor and a pleasure to be close to him.
You are the goalkeeper coach at Bilbao Athletic and Athletic with Ziganda as coach. Do they interact?
We talked and I followed Huesca. Kuko had a short spell in Manchester and he really enjoyed it because football was in the air in this place. With City and United, Bolton is next door…
And in Bingen Arostegi?
We usually talk.
What did you think of his dismissal?
No patience with him. Guardiola struggled in the Third Division with Barça, they endured him and then pushed up. You will never know. You have to have some luck, that they put up with you. Look at Mendilibar in Sevilla. Where is the magic, they are the stuff of fickle football.
Source: La Verdad
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