Former Athletic Bilbao attacking midfielder, Fran Yeste, believes the whole saga surrounding http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-c13609 Llorente’s contract and status in the club has unsettled the atmosphere at the San Mames
Llorente has refused to sign a contract with the club in the summer. Since then his relationship with his coach, Marcelo Bielsa, hasn’t been good. They even had a bust up at the training ground which led to the player being expelled.
Since then, the Spanish international has been used as a substitution from the bench and it is exactly this issue that Yeste believes has caused the downturn of the club since the start of the season.
The Basque based club have managed to win only three games from their opening ten games of the season in the Primera Division.
He admitted that things have started strangely for Bilbao in this season and the fact that their holding midfielder, Javi Martinez, left the club didn’t help the situation either.
“This season has started strangely, with Javi http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 leaving and the Llorente situation, which has unsettled the atmosphere at the club.”
The Spanish international spoke on the role of the Argentine boss and said that the club must leave him to do his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 since he is a capable boss. He is sure if that is the case then Bielsa will turn things around.
“However, Bilbao have a very good boss in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554 Bielsa and they must leave him to get on with his work. I am convinced the team will get out of this.”
Meanwhile, there are reports that Juventus are ready to pick up Llorente for a cut-price of €6m when the transfer window opens in January.
Moreover, There have also been some reports in the Gazzetto dello Sport, suggesting that Athletic Bilbao will prefer to cash in on the striker in January instead of taking the chance of losing him for nothing since his contract
will expire next summer.
Currently, Bilbao are on the 14th position in the table standings in La Liga. They will refocus their energy on their next home match against the French side, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130, in the UEFA Europa League.
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