Thirteen games in this League were enough for Gorka Guruzeta to equal the number of goals he scored in the whole of last season on his return to Athletic from Amorebieta, a team where he also left his mark scoring skills, among others. . The San Sebastian native, who scored two goals against Celta in San Mamés the previous day, is currently the top scorer for the red and white team with one more goal than Iñaki Williams.
Guruzeta ended his contract as a lion on June 30, although in his current relationship with Athletic one more season is contemplated should he achieve a series of goals, something that is within reach. The red and white striker himself spoke yesterday to Radio Marca Bilbao about this issue.
“You know what it is: I had a two plus one when I arrived at Athletic. For that part I am calm. I like to be focused, I don’t like to think about things outside because many times your head goes somewhere else and, when you play, you throw out what you have and it’s really annoying,” explained the striker.
Guruzeta leaves the issue of contracts in the hands of his advisors to focus solely on dedicating himself to playing football. “Let it be what it is. I have to leave that (the contractual issue) in the hands of the agents. I told them that right now I don’t want to know anything, that I want to focus on the team because this is a very good start for me and I don’t want to lose focus,” he argued.
The Athletic striker assumed that “both Mikel (football director of the red-and-white club) and my agents will talk and because it is something external to me, when I need to know something they will say to me.”
Guruzeta’s situation, therefore, is not the same as the rest of his teammates who ended their contracts on June 30. The San Sebastian native knows that unless he can maintain this consistency in Valverde’s lineups, his continuation in Lezama next season will become a reality. “Knowing that you can stay here for another year gives you the peace of mind to face each day and have the greatest enthusiasm,” he added.
Guruzeta understands, regarding almost a dozen colleagues who end their contract in 2024, that “it is a fact that we have to live with and I am sure that Mikel, the president and Jonbe (Jon Berasategi, general director of Athletic) doing their job “So what we have to do is win at the weekend, that will give the club, the team and the players peace of mind.”
‘Benzema’
Nico Williams recently revealed that Guruzeta is called ‘Benzema’ in the red and white dressing room. “The distance (between laughter) is very big. Yes, I will be closer to the way I socialize, to go down to receive, to constantly participate in the team game. This is something that the coach also asks of me and, above all, I have to get to the spot. This year the six goals I scored are almost in a small area and that for a striker is very important.
Source: La Verdad
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