The player, who is set to play in the Premier League, has been excluded from the Verdiblancos’ trip to Saudi Arabia to play in the Supercopa de España.
Real Betis of Manuel Pellegrini and Claudio Bravo suffers a new victim. Left-back Álex Moreno prepares for Premier League arrival after Aston Villa start talks to secure player .
At the Sevillian club, the possibility of a player being excluded from the squad due to a transfer was present. Indeed, Pellegrini had indicated last Saturday in a press conference that he had spoken with the player “normally, as with everyone. As I said with Borja Iglesias, it is not good to comment on things that are rumors rather than news. Álex was given the chance to leave and decided to stay; he is very happy here. We’ll see what happens both with him and with other players who can ring so they can leave. I don’t like to speculate,” he admitted at the time, although it now looks like the player’s fate is sealed.
Aston Villa’s idea is to satisfy the need that their new manager Unai Emery has foreseen for the second part of the competition, where he is looking to strengthen the left zone. . Negotiations have advanced so much in recent days that the player has been excluded from moving the workforce to Saudi Arabia to play this Thursday in the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup (4:00 p.m. in Chile).
As reported by ABC Sevilla, Betis asked for 20 million euros to close the transfer of the Catalan player, although during the first negotiation the figure offered reached ten million of European currency, plus two more in variables .
This offer did not convince the betic management, which continues to negotiate to conclude a sale at nearly 17 million euros. . If everything materializes, Manuel Pellegrini’s team will have to start efforts to replace the winger as soon as possible to avoid improvising in the rest of the championship.
Referee set for Super Cup
Another novelty regarding Betis is the name of the referee who will be in charge of officiating the game between Real Betis and Barcelona in Saudi Arabia. The Royal Spanish Football Federation has announced the names of the fourteen judges who will lead the semi-finals.
As determined, the arbitrator Carlos del Cerro Grande will be the principal and will be assisted by Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Gonzalo García González . The fourth referee will be Juan Luis Pulido Santana, while in the VAR it will be Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva with Santiago Jaime Latre and Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz.
Del Cerro Grande has previously refereed Pellegrini and Bravo’s Betis. He did it in the eighth round of the local league, in a goalless draw against Valladolid at the Nuevo Zorrilla stadium. There he sent off Pezzela after 35 minutes.
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