> “It’s a shame, yes. I often talk about timing, and these are situations that life throws at you. It seems it wasn’t his time because of this injury. But he’ll have another chance to show what a footballer he is,” he told Mundo Deportivo.
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> “We’re going to miss him a lot because, in addition to what he brought to the team on the pitch, he was also a person I liked very much: so much energy, so much joy, a very beloved member of the group.
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> “We’re going to miss him terribly, but his time will come, and he’ll have his chance, as I told him the other day when I had the opportunity to speak with him.”