Athletic started a new season with an important novelty compared to the previous fifteen: the absence of Iker Muniain. The former red-and-white captain decided to end his long time as a lion when he saw that he had lost a certain weight in Valverde’s plans and lineup. After the Bilbao team was proclaimed Cup champion and sailed across the estuary aboard the Gabarra 40 years later, the end of the Navarrese cycle was gradually exhausted until it ended with a well-deserved farewell in San Mamés itself.
Muniain ended his time at the Bilbao club, becoming the second player in its centenary history with the most official matches played defending the red and white jersey. Only Iribar, the mythical Txopo, surpasses him. Since that great agur in San Mamés, last May, everything about the future of Navarrese sports has moved more into the realm of rumor and speculation than reality itself.
His first interest was to defend the River Plate shirt, something that ultimately could not happen because neither Demichelis, Millonario’s coach the first time, nor Gallardo, his current coach, considered it appropriate to sign him . That is where the name of San Lorenzo comes from.
Both Muniain and his representative were in Argentina last week to establish the relevant contacts with those responsible for Ciclón and several other clubs. Back in Bilbao, the former Athletic player’s decision involved reaching an agreement to defend the colors of the Pope’s current team.
Negotiations are well underway, but they cannot be considered definitively closed yet. Both the player and his agent will travel this week to Argentina in search of closing a definitive agreement. There are some issues, it seems, pending resolution, so it’s not surprising if the operation ends up breaking down.
good feeling
The emoluments that the former Athletic captain will receive do not seem to be a big problem, because Muniain is most interested in personally reviving the experience of playing football in a country with tradition, emotion and passion like Argentina. From San Lorenzo itself, they acknowledged that the impression “of the president and Romagnoli (coach) after meeting the player was very good. A proposal was made to him, now we have to wait for him to study it and make it concrete , “said Julio Lopardo, head of the Ciclón technical secretariat last week in remarks to Splendid AM. The offer is for a year and a half. “It has other proposals from other places, not from Argentina but from other countries,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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