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Real Betis striker Chimy Avila: Osasuna fans know I'm no liar

Real Betis striker Chimy Avila insists he had no hesitation leaving Osasuna last month.

Avila left Osasuna unhappy with his decision.

He told Marca: "Many things have happened to me to be able to get here. They love Chimy Avila for being sincere and not for lying, I prefer to be hated for being sincere than for being a liar.

"I had many things on the table and with Osasuna we believed that it was time to separate our paths because it was good for both of us. And when my representative told me that there was this opportunity, I got rid of all the other offers on the table to go for it, I never hesitated. I thank the other clubs for their interest and I did whatever was necessary to go to Betis."

He added: “Maybe I ask the fans [to give me support] because I know they can give me something. It gives me an energy that sometimes I can't stop, that's why the cards come… On the one hand I am calm because I have made a change in my life and in sports, change of mobile number, name on the shirt backwards."

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