“At number 3, the real lieutenant, my personal bodyguard. The same thing he does to you is a diagonal that makes you a judo hold this, the then captain of Athletic, Iker Muniain, presented to Vivian from the balcony of Bilbao’s City Hall shortly after riding La Gabarra after winning the Cup.
Iñigo Lekue ‘stole’ the microphone from the now San Lorenzo player for a few moments to ask the fans to sing in chorus “I’m not a forward, I’m a centre-back” first and “if you hit Vivian, stop at the hospital”.
The central defender from Gasteiz, loved and highly respected in the Athletic team, is clear that “more than thinking about whether one is a starter or a substitute, what we know is that we have to contribute the best to each one whenever the time comes.”
Vivian said that “Athletic has a championship project. I’m super excited. We all have a very clear idea of what is coming to us. The proof of this is the long-term contract I signed (until 2032). Despite the very long contract, I prefer to look at the short term and focus on what we have to do now.”
Source: La Verdad
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