Last week, Athletic Club wrapped up a new five-year deal with starting goalkeeper Unai Simon, who will stay on at San Mames until 2029. They have now reached an agreement to tie down his understudy’s future.
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It was announced on Thursday that Julen Agirrezabala has extended his contract with Los Leones for another three seasons, keeping him at the club until 2027. The 23-year-old performed excellently during Athletic’s Copa del Rey run last season, which culminated in them winning the competition for the first time in 40 years.
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Agirrezabala is widely considered to be a top talent, and he can find himself very unfortunate to be stuck behind one of La Liga’s best goalkeepers – who is also Spain’s number one going into Euro 2024.
With Athletic Club playing in the Europa League next season as a result of their Copa del Rey success, Agirrezabala could be in line for more appearances in the 2024-25 campaign, should Ernesto Valverde opt for his number two on those occasions.
