According to The Athletic, the 33-year-old Spanish goalkeeper has been studying Mexican padel tennis and may be planning to end his 15-year career as a professional soccer player and enter this new sport.
Since D'Aguilar's release, there have been rumors that many teams are interested in signing him, including Real Madrid, Betis, Westham, Newcastle, etc., and it was even once reported that Manchester United would like to invite him back to the nest, replacing the underperforming O'Connor. However, it has only been heard on the stairs, no follow-up, it is reported that after the reopening of the winter transfer market, there is still no clubs formally proposed to introduce this last season's Premier League "Golden Gloves" winner, people suspect that he may not have class this season.
The Daily Mail has reported that D'Aguilar only wants to play for a club that is capable of competing for major championships and as a full-time player, and if he cannot find a suitable club, he would rather consider retiring from the game early. The latest news from The Athletic says that D'Aguilar is now focusing on practicing "board tennis", and seems to be looking for a new career after he hangs up his boots, while maintaining his fitness.
"Board Tennis" was founded in Mexico in 1969, this cold sport combines the technical characteristics of tennis, squash, table tennis, badminton and so on, and is indeed suitable for the "semi-retired" people such as Dikia to play as it requires relatively less strength and skills from the players.
