The midfielder is wanted by a powerful Premier League club, which is even willing to pay his release clause in the next January market
Mikel Merino He has been performing at a high level for several seasons in the Real society. In fact, it has been one of the most notable surprises for the Spanish National Team in the World Cup in Qatar, since many had him on the list. Finally, he has been one of Luis Enrique’s discards, as has happened with other of his teammates such as Brais Méndez, Zubimendi or Mikel Oyarzabal.
All this favors the San Sebastian team, as the players were going to be much more rested for the second half of the season and they were not going to attract the attention of the most powerful clubs. Or at least that’s what the txuri-urdin sports management thought. And it is that the reality has been very different, because Mikel Merino sounds again to be transferred from Real Sociedad.
The offer for Mikel Merino to which Real Sociedad cannot respond
As we know, in recent seasons there have been many clubs that have called the San Sebastián team to ask about the footballer. The most powerful teams in the world were following his steps, but they always met with a negative response from Real Sociedad, which always accepted its termination clause.
This termination clause scared everyone concerned, until now. And it is that a powerful club in the Premier League is determined to pay the 60 million euros stipulated in his contract for the player to change his scene. In this way, Real Sociedad can do little or nothing, since everything remains in the hands of the footballer.
The team that wants Mikel Merino back in the Premier League
On this occasion the team that has been interested in the Spanish international is Aston Villa. Unai Emery has transferred to the board his desire to incorporate the player and there are plans to pay his clause. This has generated a war in the San Sebastian team, as there are big differences between the board of directors and the team’s coaching staff.
Imanol Alguacil believes that the club must make every possible effort to retain the footballer, offering him a more ambitious project. For its part, the club considers that 60 million euros is an amount outside the market that, even without a termination clause, they must accept. Now everything is less than Mikel Merino, who must decide whether or not to continue at Real Sociedad.