Aitor Ruibal: “Finally the reward has come”

He Real Betis made official this Wednesday the renewal of Aitor Ruibal for three more seasons, until June 2028 – he has one left – and the versatile Catalan player then went on the club’s TV to show his satisfaction with the agreement reached: “I’m happy, it’s a pleasure to stay linked to this club for four years and I’m happy. I am here where I want to go, here with my family. Well, I already said it the other day that I would not go anywhere else right now because I feel like I have to be here. I am very grateful to my teammates, to the entire technical and medical staff, to all the workers at the club, because in the end I spend a lot of time with them every day and they make you grow every day, ” said the versatile Betic player.

Aitor Ruibal, who arrived in the Real Betis reserve team in January 2016 and then loaned to Cartagena, Majadahonda and Leganésis now one of the captains of the first team: “I still can’t believe it, at the end of nine years that have passed, I’ve been through a lot, I had to leave several times. year that continues to grow and finally I never thought this situation would come. But I am very proud of my work because I believe that in the end the reward will come. And this ultimately also represents that I am a colleague who is respected by my colleagues, which is something that I think I have earned and I hope to continue giving my all to give my best inside and outside, ” he said.

Regarding the many changes registered in the Betic squad this summer, Aitor Ruibal believes that “in the end, football is this, entering, exiting, from one place to another. I think we had four or five left from the Cup year, if I remember correctly. But hey, in the end it’s renewal, things are going well, we continue to meet our goals and, I think, it’s time to take a little step forward.”

According to Ruibal, you don’t need to explain to newcomers what it’s like to play for Villamarín: “The other day they asked me ‘how do you explain what Real Betis is to a youth player or a new signing?’. There’s no need to explain it, because in the first game you realize how good it is.”

Regarding Pellegrini’s figure, Aitor indicated that he felt “very grateful, in the end, a player always wants to play everything from day one, but hey, it’s football, it’s a team sport, there are 27, 28 in the squad and in many times you don’t What do you think you deserve? But in the end I think that in the first two seasons it was a little more difficult for me to play that role and -leave, but I think, when I start to mature a little, to gain experience and understand that. I have to play a different role here, well I think “Things are going much better for me.”