The Athletic de Bilbao has a maxim that has made it a unique team in the world: only footballers from the territory they consider Basque Country (Basque Country, Navarre and the so-called French Basque Country or Iparralde), or that have been formed there. Although this idea greatly limits their chances of signing, there are footballers who comply with that philosophy in a somewhat doubtful way.
It is the case of Quicala Bari. This talented 20-year-old winger has just joined the subsidiary of the rojiblanco club, Bilbao Athletic, from Portugalete, where he has played seven games. Quick, with dribbling and brilliant one-on-one, he is an addition that could be very good in sporting terms, since the team is going through a critical moment, in 19th position in its First RFEF group. The controversy comes because Bari has only been in the Basque Country for 5 years.
Quicala Bari was born in Guinea Bissau in 2002, and He arrived in Spain in 2017 at the age of 15. In this time he has already gone through the lower categories of Barakaldo, Santutxu and Deportivo Alavés, before playing for Derio last season. The good work of him in the Portuguese He drew the attention of the San Mamés sports management and they immediately set to work on his signing.
The announcement of his incorporation into the rojiblanca discipline has raised a great deal of controversy, especially among fans of the lions. many wonder if it really complies with the philosophy that only Basques or those trained there play on their team.
Born in Guinea Bisau, he arrived 5 years ago at the age of 17/18, training in the youth ranks of various clubs from Biscay and San Ignacio from Vitoria, not to create controversy, but does this fit into the philosophy? Many “cheats” can be done with this method, to comment
— MIB???? (@MIBBilbaoBasket) December 26, 2022
Cheat solitaire if you want
– Vicente Martinez Ugarte (@Vicente52189177) December 26, 2022
Many users point out that this signing is not so different from that of Aymeric Laporte (born in France), Fernando Amorebieta (born in Venezuela) or Cristian Ganea (born in Romania).
