The Athletic first-team corners the celebration for the Super Cup to return to the routine. They do it with the first title of the season in the showcases, but with many open fronts. The team will open their participation in the 2021 Cup this Thursday in Ibiza and on Monday they will return to Laliga against Getafe.
The lions have a task ahead of them. The captains who on Monday and Tuesday participated in the official receptions of the Bilbao City Council and the Provincial Council and on Tuesday offered the title in the Basilica of Begona will soon have an appointment with the Board of Directors to discuss the salary reduction that they want to specify before the AssemblyExtraordinary of Commitment Partners. All these types of issues must be agreed upon and all be together.
The important thing is that the team is always united for all the decisions that must be taken said De Marcos on Radio Marca Bilbao. Muniain, De Marcos, Balenziaga, Williams, and Raúl García are the captains of the first team and will be the interlocutors of the Board of Directors to close the agreement.
Last season the members of the first team agreed to lower their salaries by 6% and this year the negotiation proposal began with a proposal to cut 10%. The conversations began at the beginning of the season but were let go by the intensity of the course. They will be back soon. It was explained to the representatives of the staff with whom we met, that indeed this season the situation was going to be even worse because income was going to suffer significant reductions, more than last year.
The negotiations are on the right track and my experience in other negotiations with other groups, he invites me to say that I am optimistic and we will reach an agreement for the reduction of salaries said Jon Ander de las Fuentes, the club’s accountant, last December. CORRIDOR WITH TRAP IN IBIZAThe first team will train this Wednesday in Lezama (16 hours) before traveling to Ibiza for the cup debut.
Marcelino and his assistants insist to the group that they will face a tough match. The Balearic Islands have not conceded more than one goal in 10 league games in their Segunda B group and the Cup they passed over Celta. Ibiza prepares a hallway with a trap for the Super Cup champion. The rival of the lions will maintain a tradition that was launched by Athletic, the first Laliga team to make this type of recognition. it was in 1970 when Athletic players received Atletico. League champions in a Cup match. The KO tournament was played after LaLiga. The Atletico was champion with a point of difference over Athletic and lions made their memorial hall when they were in Cup. The Cup qualifying round was for Athletic.
