Mikel Merino is the man who likes Roberto Olabe to reinforce the midfield of Real. The midfielder from Navarra was already in the crosshairs txuri urdin last season, when he changed Dortmund for Newcastle and this summer, after a season that has not been as important as he would have liked to the North of England, looks for a new change of scenery From the club txuri urdin have been in contact with the environment of the football player to be interested in their situation and to know if he would like to come to Donostia and under what conditions would agree to participate in the new project of Asier Garitano. The predisposition of the soccer player is not bad, he wants to go out, but he has other offers and in the race to take the pamplonica, the Real is not in the lead, but he has to come back through the summer, mainly against two clubs, Betis and Athletic. The process to get hold of the young midfielder is still in the preliminary phase for the entity that presides over Aperribay. The contacts, for now, do not go beyond a mere call to gather the basic information in order to undertake their hiring. There has not been any conversation at the moment with Newcastle, although in Anoeta, through the environment of the football player, they are aware that an entente with the magpies would always be above 12 million euros. The advantage that Betis has over Roberto Olaberadica's work team is basically that the Betic team has gone further and is in negotiations with the British. Few dates ago, Quique Setién and Lorenzo Serra Ferrer met in Madrid with the agents of Merino to agree on the conditions in which they would sign for the Betic squad and the tuning was good. Neither this stage nor that of speaking with Newcastle has still covered the Real. However, and although after finishing the league has not yet moved tab, it could be the Athletic who more road would have walked to sign the former Osasuna. The Ibaigane club was about to sign him in the winter market, but finally Rafa Benitez did not let the midfielder leave. But until the coach's refusal, the Atletico club had advanced the terms of the contract with Merino and the economic basis had been established with Newcastle. Therefore, it can be said that Athletic has practically all the work done and, if at a given moment it decided to reactivate the possibility of hiring Merino, its starting point would be perhaps the one that closer to the signing would be among the three suitors that has in the League the U-21 international. The player likes the Real Merino, on the other hand, does not see badly the possibility of going to the Real, but the interest of the Blue and Whites has yet to materialize. For now, he rests on vacation and it will be July 6 when he has to return to training with Newcastle. Whatever the outcome of this story, it would be complicated to give it before that date. The Anoeta club is in a position to reach a good port with this signing, but must take the initiative with respect to two teams that began to move before.
