Gonzalo Higuaín will NOT be moving to Athletic Bilbao this summer

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Blaise Bourgeois·5 March 2020

Gonzalo Higuaín will NOT be moving to Athletic Bilbao this summer

Despite previous rumours earlier in the week suggesting Gonzalo Higuaín could move to Athletic Bilbao due to being the great-grandson of a Basque who later moved to Argentina, Athletic sporting director Rafael Alkort has ruled out a potential move.

Currently, only players who were born in Basque Country or learned their trade in the region are eligible to play for Athletic.

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“I wish he was born or formed here, but he does not meet those two criteria,” Alkorta told Onda Cero.

“A grandparent does not qualify you right now. I don’t know if it will one day, but now it does not.”

The 32-year-old Higuaín, who still has a year remaining on his current deal, has also been linked with big-money moves to China and Major League Soccer.