I will leave a better person, more humble and, above all, an athlete at heart. Thank you very much to everyone”. This is how Dani García ended his farewell speech in Athletic’s locker room. The red-and-white midfielder will not continue with the Bilbao club next season. His dream of competing in Europe is dim if about this shield, but it cannot be denied that he can do it with another shield. Mendilibar wants him in Olympiacos.
The Zumarraga midfielder has amassed 194 games as a lion spread over six seasons since he made his debut in August 2018 against Leganés after signing from Eibar. The 2021 Super Cup and the recent Cup are part of his background as an Athletic footballer, although his minutes have been significantly reduced in this campaign after the signing of Galarreta and the emergence of Prados. Due to a muscle injury, he was out of competition for more than two months.
“One day I said goodbye to almost everyone, but I want to say goodbye to all the people and not forget anyone. First of all, I want to thank Josu Urrutia and José Mari Amorrortu for thinking of me in a certain that moment I thought would never come. He arrived and enjoyed these six years in an incredible way,” began Dani García in the presence of his teammates and other members of the Athletic first team .
“Then I said goodbye to the fans because sometimes I do better and other times worse, but I always leave everything for Athletic on the field and they always treat me with a lot of respect and a lot of love and I thank them for that. I have said goodbye to those in gray (doctors, masseuses and others). I have told you everything since the first day I arrived at Eibar you treat me like I’ve been here for ten years and nothing has changed since then. I’ve been sad for many days. Every time I walk in the door you cheer me up me, you and my colleagues. You know you have a friend here for anything you want.”
Before finishing his speech, the red and white midfielder addressed his teammates. “In terms of football, we don’t have anything to talk about, but I think throughout life you meet people in your path and they shape the way you are a little bit. “There are many other people here who have given to me the values that I lack as a person.”
Words of the captains
Muniain, another one who will not continue next year at Athletic, indicated on behalf of his teammates that “I am glad to have you for these six years. I imagine that you will be a little sorry because you will not be able to say goodbye to San Mamés the other day, but I am convinced that all the members of the athletic team will always hold you with great love and remember you as they deserve in their hearts. “You have been an example and a reference, inside and out of the field.”
Iribar also had words of thanks for Dani García in his farewell as a lion.
Source: La Verdad
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