Athletic Bilbao’s Fernando Llorente happy to stay at the club – La Liga news
Athletic Bilbao’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 Madrid, during the summer transfer
window. Llorente has declined such speculations and clearly stated that his future is with Bilbao at least for another year or two.
The Spaniard has been in supreme form this season which prompted Los Blancos’ interest in the striker. He mentioned that the crowd has been really supportive throughout and he would http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Love-c22466 to be amongst them for some time.
He also praised his side for putting up a decent show this season and hoped that Bilbao could go a few steps further during the next campaign. The 26-year-old further applauded the efforts of his coach, Joaquin Caparros, who he believes has done a superb
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in gluing the team as a unit in no time. Llorente is pleased to play under Caparros and is hoping that the manager would stay for a long period of time.
The striker’s form this season has been something to take note off. From 35 La Liga appearances, he has bagged 17 goals so far, signalling the dominant nature of the Spaniard. He also expressed his delight over his fine form and hoped that he could continue
in the same vein next year too.
The former Baskonia player mentioned, "I can only say good things about Mr Caparros. He came to a side that were struggling for survival and has managed to get them into Europe. He has created a wonderful group. We are a young team eager to do well."
Llorente’s current contract with the club runs until 2014 and the striker confirmed that he would be honoured to be offered a new deal at the club.
He concluded by saying, "The truth is that we have had conversations with the president but it's time to be quiet. The first thing is to finish either fifth or sixth this year, which is very important because it will mean we will get extra days off which
we could really use."
Athletic Bilbao are currently sixth in the table and could earn a UEFA Europa League spot with a win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/May-22-c39884 at El Sardinero.
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