He Real Betis have not been able to close a satisfactory deal with 35-year-old Greek central defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, who last Wednesday seemed to be on the right track, and is currently testing other options, such as Malian Almamy Touré, 27 , and others that he has in the portfolio – all unemployed players – although it seems difficult that at the weekend any of them can be closed and the player will be under the orders of Manuel Pellegrini on Monday.
After confirming the severity of Marc Bartra’s Achilles tendon injury, which will keep him out for at least three or four months, Ramón Planes and Manuel Pellegrini, sports director and coach of Real Betis, respectively, decided to go on the agent market for free. to strengthen the axis of defense and they chose Sokratis, a 35-year-old central defender, 1.86 meters tall and capped 90 times for the Greek national team, as their first choice, although at the moment it is not possible to close a deal, Well, the Greek has other more interesting economic options that he is considering.
Manuel Pellegrini will start on Monday to prepare the visit of Real Betis to Getafe and he will do it without any center back from the first team, as Pezzella and Chadi Riad are with their national teams, Bartra is injured for a long time and Luiz Felipe was transferred in September, hence the need to sign a unemployed center back for the 14 games left to play until the transfer market opens in January.
Source: La Verdad
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