While Canales’ march to Mexico monopolizes all the spotlights, Betis continues to move to reinforce Manuel Pellegrini’s squad. And more specifically, the center of defense, from which Víctor Ruiz and Édgar have come out and from which Luiz Felipe can also pack his bags.
And the name that sounds loudest is that of the Moroccan Chadi Riad, owned by Barcelona. From the Ciudad Condal the transfer is taken for granted with the option to buy the promising 20-year-old center-back, who trained at Mallorca and made his testimonial debut with the culé first team.
Although Riyadh had everything agreed with Sporting de Gijón, the irruption of the Betis offer would have changed the direction of the operation. In the Villamarín, meanwhile, work continues on the return of Marc Bartra to shore up the defense.