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- ↑ "'Un restaurante es una de las pocas zonas neutrales que quedan en Euskadi'" ['A restaurant is one of the few neutral zones left in Euskadi']. El País (in Spanish). 30 April 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ↑ "Aitor Elizegi, Athleticeko presidente berria" [Aitor Elizegi, new president of Athletic]. Berria (in Basque). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ↑ "Aitor Elizegi, new president of Athletic Club". Athletic Bilbao. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ ""Llevo preparando esto desde hace mucho tiempo"" ["I've been preparing this for a long time"]. Deia (in Spanish). 30 December 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ↑ "Amorrortu llega a un acuerdo "amistoso" para salir del Athletic" [Amorrortu reaches a "friendly" agreement to leave Athletic]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ↑ "Alkorta y Ayarza serían director deportivo y secretario técnico del Athletic con Elizegi" [Alkorta and Ayarza would be sports director and technical secretary of Athletic with Elizegi]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 24 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ↑ Jon Uriarte confirmed as Athletic Club's new president, Football España, 24 June 2022
- ↑ "El cocinero que se comió al aparato institucional" [The cook who ate the institutional apparatus]. El País (in Spanish). 30 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ↑ Sid Lowe, Phil Kitromilides (29 December 2018). "No Festive Football" (Podcast). The Spanish Football Podcast. Event occurs at 3:52. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ↑ "Elizegi: I would like to see the Basque Country in the European Championship". Marca. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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