Just yesterday losing Aymeric Laporte to "Manchester City," the "Athletic" team found a replacement for him and officially acquired Inigo Martinez. The 26-year-old Spaniard came to "Athletic" from the "Real Sociedad" team, and a fee of 32 million was paid for him. A five-and-a-half-year contract was signed with the player, and his contract includes a buyout option of 80 million euros. By the way, the press has long been writing that I. Martinez, who spent his entire career at the "Real Sociedad" team until then, was seriously interested in the "Barcelona" team, the leader of "La Liga." However, the negotiations between Barcelona and the defender's team stalled, and taking advantage of this, "Athletic" presented its offer and acquired the Spanish player. After this transfer, I. Martinez became the most expensive Spanish defender of all time, surpassing the transfer of Sergio Ramos, for which "Real" paid 27 million euros in 2005.
