Koke Renews with the Athletic and moves away of the Barcelona

The midfield player of the Athletic of Madrid that pretended the FC Barcelona to turn into him the new Xavi Hernández, Koke Resurrection, finish to renew until 2019 with the group "colchonero" and will play in Vicente Calderón the next season. The young footballer of 22 years has showed , in statements collected by "MD", "very happy for keeping growing beside the club". "I am very happy for being able to continue in my club, in my house. All the world knows what seat for playing here and by this T-shirt", has signalled.

"From pequeñito always wanted to triumph here and now are it doing. How I do not go to be followed", it has said, cutting of root the rumours that situated him in the FC Barcelona of face to the next season. Regarding the new course that avecina, has stood out that "it will be very demanding". "All go to want to win us. We have to defend the title, but do not have to go back us crazy". And has clear that the aim is to make a good season, like the 2013-14. "We go to try do a big season. Have our philosophy of party to party and try improve and work. It goes to be a very difficult year because it will be complicated to repeat what did the past season".

Koke Will not come to the Barça unless they pay 60 millions

The contacts between FC Barcelona and Athletic of Madrid by Koke Resurrection do not have fructificado in spite of the a lot of attempts of the Barcelona sportive direction to board negotiations with the managerial "colchonera". The Barça has opened several fronts that goes treating day after day to try progress in the "deep remodeling" of the staff, but some negotiations keep totally stagnated waiting for a radical twist of the events. It is the case of the possible signing of Koke, that keeps in the limbo after the president of the Athletic, Enrique Cerezo, encircle one and again to the clause of 60 million euros of the canterano every time that the Barça asks.