Betis technical director: “With Papastathopoulos the goal set from the start has been achieved”

Sokratis Papastathopoulos has been Betis’ new central defender since Thursday evening (October 26th). The Greek international is expected to replace the injured Bartras.

After a deal that went through “forty waves”, the former Olympiacos player landed in Sevilla yesterday and after passing the necessary medical tests, according to the technical director of Betis Ramon planesstated that the 35-year-old defender was in good shape and then signed with the La Liga club until the end of the 2023/2024 season.

After the end of the victorious game of Betis 1-0 against Aris Limassol in Cyprus.

“He will contribute a lot to our team in a significant way. It will strengthen us and I believe that the goal we set ourselves from the beginning has been achieved. When Bartra got injured, we knew we had to sign a centre-back, and a good centre-back. With these facts it wasn’t easy and combined with today’s game (ss: yesterday) in Cyprus it became complicated. But we are happy with the end result of the negotiations, he is already in Sevilla and will be available to the coach tomorrow. expressly highlighted Ramon planes.

Finally he added: “piHe played a lot of games last year, which we really appreciated, and he is an experienced player who will help us. Socrates’ medical tests were very positive, he is in good condition. He lacks the racing pace, but physically he is doing well“.