Williams, best player in LaLiga in January

Iñaki Williams will receive next Sunday before the match against FC Barcelona, the award for Best Player of the Month of January granted by La Liga Santander. The boxer Kerman Lejarraga, European champion of Wélter weight and one of the zurigorri followers with greater international projection, will be the one in charge of giving Williams his well deserved prize. The choice of Kerman, the Revolver of Morga, for giving tghis prize is not casual and obeys, besides to his condition of great Athleticzale, to his combative spirit and to the bravery with which he faces all his challenges. Precisely these two qualities, the punch and the absence of fear, are part of the DNA of the lions and will be more necessary than ever to beat the leader of LaLiga, FC Barcelona, this Sunday at 20:45 hours.

Kerman Lejarraga will defend his conteninental belt next 30th of March against the Russian David Avanesyan, former world champion, at Bilbao Arena. During this week, Kerman has been the protagonists of a series of videos made by Athletic club in order to serve as inspiration and motivation for the game against Barça. The objetive is that San Mames becomes the Cathedral of great occasions and that the atmosphere drives Gaizka Garitano’s team towards victory.

Regarding to the award, LaLiga grants this distinction by virtue of a statistical method that evaluates and classifies the performance of the footballers according to different criteria related to the game. The minutes played, the shots, the goals, the effectiveness, the assists, the passes and the duels carried out by Iñaki Williams during the month of January are the ones that have taken him to lead this prestigious prize. To date, in the previous months of the season 2018/19, the other winning players have been Messi in September, Luis Suarez in October, the goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík in November and Antoine Griezmann in December. This is the first time Iñaki Williams receives this recognition, which is a clear proof of his progression as a player.