“When I have the intention of leaving here, when I am tired of Athletic or when the club decides that the time has come to close this chapter; We will come out here, we will talk, and I will tell you everything. Until then you can keep talking about everything that comes out there and all the teams that can be offered true or false, because 90% of the time it’s all fake news.
Unai Simón made it clear again yesterday in the Lezama press room that he will continue to be number 1 inside and outside the Athletic dressing room. The rojiblanco international goalkeeper insisted, who is said to have an offer from Saudi Arabia, in a message that he has been repeating to the public for several years. His sense of belonging and rootedness in the Bilbao club prevails above all.
“Sometimes I get tired of saying this; but I’m not leaving here, I’m staying until the club decides. If at any time you see some kind of news where an offer will appear, do not make more balls because nothing will happen”, he finished this particular.
The rojiblanco goalkeeper also influenced his idea that today “the people who decide to go to Arab football today are not for football reasons, but for economic reasons. Each one depends on the mentality and ambition that has Everyone has a way of seeing the football they have and I don’t know how far it will go, but at the moment you can’t compare European and world football with Arabia”.
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Real Madrid’s signing of Kepa was another topic that came up at this press conference. “I admire him a lot because he is a goalkeeper who grew up with me since I was young, I have seen him in the first team, I have learned a lot from him. Kepa is a great goalkeeper. He has already shown it at Chelsea and he will surely do the same at Real Madrid. The competition that will be in the goal of the national team will always be very high because there will always be five or six goalkeepers around that call. De la Fuente will be very happy with this competition in our clubs”, he argued.
Regarding Julen Agirrezabala, the senior international goalkeeper indicated that “we are teammates. I don’t know what I can give you. In the end he will see things in me that he doesn’t have, as I see in him that I don’t have. From there we can improve each other. It is very important, in any case, to have a healthy competition and to be good teammates”.
At this point, Unai Simón clarified that “I am happy with Julen. He is a very hard working boy, well disciplined, quiet, he is not too noisy, which in the end is just quiet working. Julen shows every day in training that he wants to play as many minutes as possible at this club. That’s important for the competition we have.”
The loss of Iñigo Martínez
Athletic started this season with a noticeable drop in defensive level. The rojiblanco goalkeeper pointed out at this point that “Iñigo is a player who has been decisive in all the seasons he has been here. That’s not to say he doesn’t have a replacement. Right now our defense, those who played the other day, Vivian, Paredes, and Yeray when recovered, solvent central defenders”.
For Unai Simón, “now it’s about gradually getting the rhythm of the competition and realizing that this is elite football and any mistake is very expensive. Has the defense gotten worse? No, at the end of last season the defense was the same and very happy I see them from behind and they give me a lot of security, which is important”.
Source: La Verdad
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