Athletic Club captain Iñaki Williams played no part in the club’s first training session of the new year.
Supporters of the Basque outfit, though, need not fret.
This comes amid confirmation that the attacker’s absence came for personal reasons. Specifically, as per a report from Mundo Deportivo:
‘The Lions kicked off the year with a session that began at 12 noon. Team captain Iñaki Williams did not participate because his wife was about to give birth.’
Also nowhere to be seen at Lezama on Thursday was Iñigo Lekue, albeit with the reasoning behind his absence yet to be revealed.
Athletic Club are primed to kickstart their competitive endeavours for the new year on Saturday afternoon.
A La Liga meeting with Osasuna lies in wait for Ernesto Valverde’s troops at El Sadar.
The visitors will be hopeful of getting the calendar year up and running on a more positive note than they finished 2025, fresh off back-to-back defeats at the hands of Celta Vigo and Espanyol.
Conor Laird – GSFN
