“Isco was love at first sight. When we received the possibility that he could join, which was during the concentration in Germany, as soon as he hung up the phone, I said that he had to come. Ramn Planes, sports director of Betisdid not hide the emotion of being able to count on the man from Malaga in his first project in charge of the Verdiblanco club, in the presentation of three of the bática incorporations for this season: Marc Bartra, Chadi Riad and Isco Alarcn himself.
The midfielder was the main protagonist, even more so with that morbidity of his recent past and stormy departure from Sevilla. “I haven’t had time to go out much yet. The báticos transmit a lot of affection to me, they are to death with me. And on the other hand they will not be so positive. We are professionals, I dedicate myself to this and I owe myself to my club. I hope nothing happens to me here… (laughs). Has someone from Seville congratulated me? I haven’t looked at my cell phone, it broke on my way to Mexico, “he joked. I tiptoe through the incident with Monchi, revealed in MARCA:” I already told what happened and I don’t want to go back in. Just look ahead.”
“I am confident that everything will turn out well. I wanted to come here because of the project and the colleagues. It is a good place to enjoy football. Hopefully it will be a great year for everyone”, continued Isco, who did not hesitate to accept when he received the offer from Betis: “The coach knows me from our time at Mlaga, we lived very beautiful moments and hopefully we can live it here too. He proposes a football that suits me. Pellegrini is one of the people I am here for. They all gave me support and confidence. I talked to Joaquin too. Everyone spoke well of Betis to me. I want to feel at home“.
Marc Bartra
“I want to thank the board of directors and the staff for the opportunity to fulfill my dream of returning to Betis. When you think of Betis, you think of union, family, happiness, commitment and, above all, ambition.. These are values that I carry deep inside. You all know what it means to me to be here again, to what I feel is home. It was almost five years and I hope to be many more”.
“I love big challenges, and Betis is. Since I arrived the first time, Betis has evolved to a very high level. I come to add on the field and off. The decision to come was made before even rescinding with Trabzonspor.”
Chadi Riyadh
“Betis is a giant club, where I have been able to learn many things this week. It is a very big jump. Coming from Primera RFEF to Primera is a giant leap. I appreciate the opportunity. I have learned with my companions in these first days”.
“The difference here is huge. Describe myself? I am a fast center back, with a stride, who can play with the forward line. As far as shooting the ball, I come from a good school. This club is huge. They have good players like Pezzella and Luiz Felipe. I just have to learn from them.”
