The Athletic Club de Bilbao midfielder, Iker Muniain, announced that he will leave the Basque entity at the end of the season and in Europe they claim that he wants to wear the River shirt, a club of which he confessed to being a fan.
After 15 years, the 31-year-old footballer announced that he will leave the Basque club at the end of the season and Athletic Club will lose an idol and reference of the institution’s modern era. In pursuit of this exit, in Europe they assure that the captain of the Bilbao team has, as a priority, arriving at River in June with the pass in his possession.
After several offers in January to renew his contract, the midfielder will leave and his decision to leave is based on the fact of having more minutes. In addition, it was learned that he will not play in Spain and has no intention of continuing in Europe, with River being his priority and, in a second step, Brazil, Major League Soccer in the United States, Mexico or some exotic league.
The Pamplona native’s fanaticism for the “Millonario” has existed for several years now, but he himself confirmed it in 2012, when those from Núñez were playing in the Primera B Nacional. “River Plate is a team that I have always liked, especially because of the great fans it has, always encouraging the team, and the truth is that I admire them a lot. I follow all the games and I wish them the best,” Muniain had declared in its moment.
As he said in several interviews, his love for River began by watching the Superclásicos: “When you are little and you watch the River-Boca classics on TV, for example, and you always opt for one. I opted for River and until the day of “Today I have that illusion for River and for all its fans.”
In addition, the Athletic Club de Bilbao footballer was present at the 2018 Copa Libertadores final between “Millonario” and Boca in Madrid, one day before the Basque club’s match in the Spanish League: “I am a very big fan of River Plate.
Muniain will leave Athletic Club de Bilbao with 563 games played, 75 goals and 54 assists. In addition, the Basque captain and idol won the 2015 and 2021 Spanish Super Cups, but the most important title was the Copa del Rey, after 40 years of drought, which he won on April 6 against Mallorca on penalties.
