The Royal Betis has made official this Sunday night the signing of the Asturian midfielder Álvaro Fidalgo, from América de Méxicowith whom the contract ended next June. Fidalgo, from 28 yearssigns until June 2030 and the green and white club will pay two million euros for his transfer.
With the signing of Fidalgo, Betis does not consider the market closed and will try some more incorporationespecially that of a forward, in these last hours, although this will depend on whether exit movements occur, being Bakambu the number one candidate for change of scenery.
Bartra and Aitor Ruibal participate in the official announcement on social networks, in a video recorded just after Betis – Valencia. In the same Aitor pointed out “let’s see who comes, we need people”, in reference to the plague of injuries in the team. Fidalgo is a midfielder quality and talent, 1.74 meters tall, who trained in the lower ranks of Oviedo, Sporting and Real Madrid until reaching Castilla, where he stood out extremely before continuing at Rayo Majadahonda and Castellón, from where he made the jump to América in 2021 in exchange for two million euros.
Before the game against Valencia, Manu Fajado spoke before the Movistar cameras about the imminent signing of Fidalgo: “The truth is that we follow him very closely; we are finishing off the fringes. We followed him for the summer market, but we have advanced it for January, since, after speaking with Manuel Pellegrini, it wouldn’t hurt us to have a little more talent in three quarters of the field,” he commented.
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Alvaro Fidalgofor his part, offered a press conference this Sunday in which he said goodbye to the América fans: “It is a very important club (Betis), with an important project. The competition is obvious, I know where I am going. I am a player who went to the Real Madrid youth academy from the age of 14. The competition since then is the maximum, the majority of players I met are in the First Division, at Real Madrid competition in training is more important than in games. I am prepared for all that. I consider myself a team player, I am one of those who if I shine at some point it is thanks to the team. Five, ten or ninety minutes, I always say it, I am prepared for everything. I am happy, very important things are coming for me.
