Odd denial over “100% false” Fermin Aldeguer rumour from Honda's Alberto Puig as rider search goes on
Moto2 teenage talent Aldeguer emerged as a shock possibility to inherit the bike that Marc Marquez will vacate when꧟ he goes to Gresini Ducati in 2024.
Aldeguer himself fanned the flames of this rumour at the Mal🧔aysian MotoGP this weekend.
But Puig, the Repsol Honda team manager, has now saꦚid to DAZN: "No, I don't know where that ca𝄹me from. It's 100% false.
“Yesterday I spoke to Aldeguer’s manager and I asked him where it came from and he didn't♈ kཧnow what to say.”
Aldeguer had previously insist⭕ed: “The call was there butꦿ I don’t have anything on the table…”
, the DAZN journalist who broke the news, reacted: “Well now Alberto Puig flatly denies any contact with Fermin Aldeguer, when both the rider himself and his manager have confirmed through various channels that there was interest on the part of Honda.“Wow, I don't know who is lying and who isn't!! Frankly surprisi🍎ng!!
“I know why that reaction! But I'm not going to explain🐟 i🍸t.
“It is no൩t the first time they have denied news, nor will it p✱robably be the last. It is normal! There are always leaks!”
James was a sports journalist at Sky♉ Sports for a decade covering everything🌠 from American sports, to football, to F1.
