Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Sunday, 03 August 2025, 09:03 / Updated Sunday, 03 August 2025 09:03
Andrei Rațiu counted among Rayo Vallecano's holders in the friend with West Bromwich. But the first gasket of the Madrid was quite discreet. Including the Romanian international.
The goals appeared after Andrei Rațiu's exit
The brand Marca writes that the first half was a “slow and cold” one, and the only big opportunity for these 45 minutes remained Nteka's bar. Coach Innergo Perez operated three changes in Rayo in the 60th minute, one of them aiming at Rațiu.
Only then did the goals appear. The Spaniards opened the scoring through frutos, but they would lose 3-2. It was their first defeat in the 3 tests held this summer. And in the previous match, with Zwolle, played in the Netherlands, the Romanian had been a holder.
Then, Rațiu had focused on Nteka at Rayo's second goal (min. 32), who finally won 5-0! Our international was kept on the ground until the break, when Innergo Perez replaced the whole team.
Andrei Rațiu remains for the time being at Rayo Vallecano
Otherwise, at the moment, the tricolor seems closer to a new season in the Madrid shirt than to a transfer. Although in the second part of last season there was the interest of several top clubs, FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Rome, Tottenham and lately VFL Wolfsburg, nothing has materialized.
Rayo asks for 25 million euros in exchange for his (contract clause), Wolfsburg would have made an offer of 14 million and was refused. A transfer to a smaller amount than the one stipulated in the clause is also complicated because Villarreal holds 50 percent of his rights,
Moreover, the “yellow submarine” has a clause according to which it can redeem it from the Madilen club for only 7 million euros.
