Sokratis is asking for 4 million for the rest of the season!

He Real Betisafter re-examining the market for unemployed players to try to strengthen the defense after the serious injury suffered by Marc Bartrawho at least at the end of January, after the operation suffered on his Achilles heel, has almost decided – barring a big surprise – not to sign any central defender until next January, according to reports on Tuesday ABCbecause the only one who made a consensus among those without a team was the Greek Sokratis Papastathopouloswho appeared demanding an annual fee of 4 million euros, an amount that Legs He is not willing to pay for a 35-year-old footballer who has not played for several months.

Socrates35-year-old central defender, 1.86 meters tall and 90 times international with the national team Greecewas chosen by Ramon planesin charge of sports management of Real Betiswith the approval of Manuel Pellegrinito strengthen the Betic squad after the injury of bartraas it develops MD a few weeks ago, but the high pretensions of the Greeks, also tested by Bayern Munich and with offers from the emerging leagues of the Middle East, they failed to sign him for the green and white club, which is not convinced by the other options currently on the market and it seems that it will wait until January to strengthen the axis of defense .

Manuel Pellegrini He is the only Argentine at the moment German Pezzella as center back in the first team, where the former team captain has also been included since pre-season. Barcelona B, Chad Riyadh -who wears the number of the subsidiary-, and in a few weeks the captain of Betis Deportivo, Ricardo Visuswhich debuted on Saturday at Getafe will be replaced in the second part Pezzella. It happens that neither Chad neither Vision They are registered in the Europa League, where the only center back available for the four remaining games is the Argentine world champion.

Asked about the arrival of a new central defender before January or if that has been decided, Pellegrini He said this last Friday: “That is an answer that many people have to give. So as a technician I am working with what we have. We will see later what happens, if it comes before January or when it comes in January. I focus on the players that are available, you’ve never seen me claim for a player that isn’t there due to injury or suspension. The ones here will get through it too. I believe you should always leave it open all possibilities. It hurts us to close them. Let’s see as the days go by what happens.”