Betis’ message to the market with the renewal of Abde

10/30/2024

Updated at 11:49 a.m.

He Betis has surprised everyone with the announcement of the renewal of Abde until 2029. One more year of contract for the 22-year-old winger, who is having a sensational season. He was hired late in the summer of 2023 by seven million euros for 50 percent of their rights, given that the Barcelona He kept the remaining half, but his first campaign was disappointing. Now he is the undisputed starter and with four goals in fifteen games he is one of the best assets for the Verdiblanco attack. In this way, the movement of its renewal is a message to the market to reaffirm Betis’ position given the interest of other clubs in their player and in order to reward the outstanding performance of the footballer, who has made very good use of the space left by Ayoze after his departure to Villarreal.

And Betis showed last summer their confidence in Abde by not making contracts in the market and betting on the presence of the Moroccan as the main asset, with the competition of Chimy Ávila and Juanmi, for the left wing of the attack. The goodbye of a key footballer like Ayoze for four million to a direct rival did not make Betis doubt Abde as the first sword for that place and the Moroccan responded with total commitment and a spectacular performance. He stood out at the Paris Olympic Games by helping Morocco win the bronze medal and in the summer he showed Manuel Pellegrini and the group his involvement in achieving the goal he had set: “Succeed at Betis.”

Thus, Abde had a more normal preseason after his return from the Olympic event and joined the team at a good pace to stand out at this start of the season with all the confidence of Pellegrini, even after the incident of the penalty that he took and missed against the Spanish.

Now this renewal movement for one season means that the player is rewarded for his excellent performance, has one more drive to continue at this level and also benefits the club because the message is sent to the market that the footballer is happy in Heliópolis. In fact, he is the team’s most valuable player along with Johnny Cardoso.

Meanwhile, the club also benefits by diluting the amortization of Abde’s signing, given that the seven million invested last year are spread over one more year of the contract and thus the spending limit on the LaLiga squad is lowered, thereby The scenario is expanded to be able to make more moves in the January market, as the club plans.