Manuel Pellegrinitechnician Real Betisoffered his first round of the preseason this past morning at Pittsburgh (USA), where the Real Betis will measure tonight Liverpool (01.38h) in the first of their two friendlies on the American tour. Betic coach announced that Bartra and Johnny will not play in this first game, that Ayoze and Pezzella They will join the training at the beginning of August, and that’s the same Fekir like William Carvalho are two players that are difficult to replace, although he does not want to enter into the evaluations about the planning of the squad, “because there are many names and speculations that are held and we will see the squad at the end of August, when the deadline for in signatures.”
Asked about the signings to come or the continuity of players like Fekir or William Carvalho, Pellegrini He commented the following: “There is a lot of speculation about the names of those coming and going, so we will spend a lot of time examining them one by one. The important thing is that at this moment both William Carvalho and Nabil Fekir They are part of this squad, they train very well, they are important players, they have a track record and value that cannot be easily replaced. At the moment I have all the players in the squad and we will see how it is configured between now and the end of August to try to have the most competitive squad possible.
“We’re starting the preseason, so it’s hard to have a complete view of what’s going to happen,” he continued. Pellegrini. Now we are working with a squad and the players that are there are working to get a position and time will tell which players will stay and which will start playing. Right now we are working with a group in an important and intense way. We will see what the squad looks like when the preseason period ends. As for the objectives, number one for me is to beat Girona, then we see the next one,” commented the Betic coach.
This will be the fifth consecutive season that Pellegrini has started at the head of Real Betis in the top category, something the coach has not achieved in the history of the green and white club, as only Ferenc Szusza has started five, although one is in Second. Division (he was in six different campaigns, but he didn’t start the first and he didn’t finish the last. A great connection between the fans and the team, in addition to the way they played where the important goals were achieved, but in the fifth season we will not be able to build on what we have already done. We need to start with the same aspirations and ambitions that we have shown in the last four years, I see that the team is very motivated. and again we have reached ours goal,” said the Chilean coach.
Source: La Verdad
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