Rafa Benítez has spent this afternoon tiptoeing over the possibility of Celta strengthening itself on the free market with the Portuguese midfielder Miguel da Silva Rocha, Xeka, unemployed since he left Rennes in August after missing almost all of last season due to a serious ankle injury. The light blue coach has not openly ruled out the signing of the midfielder, now recovered from his injury, but he did not seem exactly enthusiastic about the idea of signing a player who has not played for ten months and has defended the competence of the players he currently has on the payroll. , to whom he has given his full trust.
Benítez has reacted with a big smile to the question of his endorsement of the possible arrival of Xeka. “It’s an easy answer. I am focused on getting the most out of the players we have. If another player appears at some point, we will try to get the most out of them,” commented the Celtic coach. “I trust those we have with the way they are working. We are going to improve and I hope that is enough,” he added. And he has insisted: “We have to focus on getting performance out of the players we have and winning games. Logically, the club has to work and we’ll see what appears in January or not. But above all we have to focus on getting the most out of what we have.”
Asked directly about whether he ruled out the signing of Xeka, the Madrid coach used irony. “For sure tomorrow he won’t arrive,” Benítez joked, adding: “At the moment I’m very happy. They are working sensationally and I have told them so. That’s what I think, regardless of whether you lack this or have that. It is a group that is working very well and we will see if we can reverse this and there is no need for them to give us a foothold.”
In his appearance prior to the cup duel against Turégano, the Celta coach praised the good work in Montilivi of Renato Tapia, a footballer in whom he trusts for the future as a midfielder and even, if necessary, as a central defender: “We know your contractual and personal situation. When I arrive I talk to him and the communication is clear. He trains well and has fewer options because you bet on other players, but he continues to work well. Because of his characteristics, in this last game we thought he could help us and he helped us. He worked and played well.”
2023-10-31 15:08:33
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