The latest tribute to Iago Aspas: statue and stand named after him | OneFootball

Abel Caballero, mayor of Vigo, confirms that the Main Stand will bear his name and that a statue honoring him will be placed beside it

With this being “A Última”, as Celta has pointed out, it was clear that Iago Aspaswould receive countless tributes both between now and the end of the season and in the future; the only thing that remained unclear was exactly what events would be held to commemorate the man from Moaña. Today, in a video that was sent to the media, Abel Caballero confirmed that, in the end, the Main Stand will be renamed “Iago Aspas Main Stand”, in tribute to the best player in Celta’s history.

Caballero is thus distancing himself from the statements made by the vice president of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, Luisa Sánchez, who had confirmed in a social media post that the stand set to receive the name of the “Prince of the Mussel Rafts” would be the Gol stand, which as of today is still under renovation and is expected to be ready from January, making its debut in the derby against Deportivo.

“I proposed it to him at the beginning of last year and I’ve spoken to him about it again. The new Gol stand that the Provincial Council and City Hall are building should bear his name. Iago Aspas is goal, goal is Iago Aspas”, declared the vice president, who took advantage of the fact that they both attended yesterday’s presentation of the DOP Mexillón de Galicia campaign, for which Iago is the face, to get the player’s approval.

The famous mayor of Vigo justified the change of plans by saying that the Main Stand “is already operational, so the name change can happen immediately; it will be the stand with the largest capacity in the stadium; and the sculpture that the city council will install is going to be next to it, so it all fits together”, declared the mayor of Vigo.

This measure fulfills what the fans hope will be done to bid farewell to the club’s greatest legend. Many people agreed that the chosen stand should be Gol because of the significance of that end of the stadium, where Iago scored the famous brace against Alavés that saved Celta from dropping into Segunda B and began the legend of the “Prince of the Mussel Rafts”. Even so, the fans are eager to see the statue of a legend not only of Celta, but also of Spanish football.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.