격렬한 라이벌 : Javi Varas vs Andres Palop

Sevilla’s keeper Andres Palop and Javier Varas hold some bitterness against each other, and they have shown that in public. As a result of all the tensión, and when Sevilla signed Spain international Diego Lopez from Villareal, one of them had to leave the Club. Sevilla had to put the two players into a balance and see which of them they were going to keep, and for Celta´s luck, they chose to keep Andres Palop.  The reasons where beyond a sports point of view, as Sevilla’s fans regard Palop as a legend, who, at his nearly 40 years, is looking at what probably is his last season at Top Level. Sevilla, on the other hand, letting Varas go on loan, assures them that next year, with Palop probably retired; they will have Varas back on the team to fight with Diego Lopez for the golkeeper spot.

When Varas and Palop were Sevilla’s two golkeepers, Varas won the race for the starting position, relegating Palop to the bench. The veteran keeper never took this decision in a mature way, and starting picking on Varas during training sessions. One day Javier Varas exploded and stated in a press conference, when asked about it, that it was true Palop had changed since he was a starter, and that he did not feel his support. Palop did not take to reply saying “I don’t go out on dinner with Varas, it’s a professional relationship”.

Even days after arriving to Vigo, Javi Varas stated that his bad relationship with Palop might have played a key role in his departure from Sevilla.

But this week, in a calm move, Varas said that nobody is set to discover Palop now, that he is the best keeper in Sevilla history. But despite this words, there is a rivalry between this two keepers, and they will probably hyper motivated to prove who the best keeper is.