The future of Mikel Merino has turned into a subject that promises to generate a big debate this summer. Why? As because all seems to aim to that the pamplonés, whose agreement with the Real Sociedad culminates on 30 June 2025, still does not attain to arrive to an agreement with the Basque picture to renew his links with the club, by which is not descartable that the midfield player can finish his adventure with the combined 'Txuri-urdin' during the next market of summer. In front of this, the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Madrid position like two quite attractive destinations for the mediocentro of 28 years of age.
In this sense, the exjugador of the Borussia Dortmund has taken advantage of an interview with 'SPORT', from the basic camp of the Spanish selection in Donaueschingen (Germany), where finds like one of the 26 summoned of Luis de la Fuente for the Eurocopa, to tackle several subjects related with his future futbolístico near.
Mikel Merino would prioritise a renewal with the Real Sociedad
The midfield player has begun doing upsetting in the fact that it still has a year more than agreement with the cast of San Sebastián and that does not loan attention to the rumours that surround it, leaving clear when will begin to take decisions. "To level futbolístico still have a year more in the Real and am in the best possible place to live and to grow. To level of rumours is something to what do not give him importance because I think that a Eurocopa is the most important that can throw you to the face and requires the one hundred by one hundred of your attention. So when it finish the Euro and advance the days will gather me with the club and my representative, to see what has to say me and that no, and will go seeing", emphasized.
In this order of ideas, the '6' of the 'Red' does not have descartado the option to continue in the square directed by Imanol Bailiff because of his connection with the life in Donostia. "To be followed there I do not close me for nothing because if something have clear and it is necessary to be conscious of what has home. I am a lucky to live where alive, to be surrounded of the people that have near, to have the team and the mates, that besides have come here and are like family. And never it would want to him be missing the respect to at all of this", added.
The mediocentro does not close the door to a possible exit of the club 'Txuri-urdin' this summer
However, the mediocentro also is conscious that the football could carry it to a new destination, and would not see with bad eyes join to a new group, that would be the fifth in his dilated professional career. "Along my career always have left clear in each interview that am an adventurer, that do not know where will carry me the football and that am had to go for adventure to where touch me. I did it when going to Dortmund, to Newcastle, and when coming to Donosti for adventure. Never you know where can carry you the football, and am had to be followed my career where ask me the heart and my head", revealed.
In this point, the future of the midfield player is more in the air after these statements. What seems clearer is that, to the equal that has sucedido with other footballers, Mikel Merino plans to take a decision on his future after the Eurocopa. Now it will be necessary to see how they develop the negotiations with the Real Sociedad and, in case of not arriving to an agreement, which will be the price of exit that the Basques will establish for one of his stellar midfield players, whose clause of rescission is of 65 M€, and that began to win more leadership in the diary of the FC Barcelona after the arrival of Hansi Flick to the technical direction of the club.