Olabe leaves Sociedad after the end of the season

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Roberto Olabe is set to leave Real Sociedad in the summer of 2025 after working with the club since 2018.

The Ufabet reported on Wednesday that Roberto Olabe has informed Real Sociedad president Joaquin Aperribay that he will step down as sporting director at La Real at the end of the season. 

The 57-year-old Olabe has been Real Sociedad’s sporting director since March 2018. Replacing Lorenzo Garcia, or Loren, and has become one of three pillars. Along with president Aperribay and coach Imanol Alguasil, Register ufabet in creating the club’s most stable and successful era. 

Olave is currently contract until the summer of 2026 but feels his job at the club is done and has inform Aperribay that he will leave the club at the end of the season. In order to give La Real enough time to find a replacement. 

Olabe’s departure is a huge loss for Real Sociedad. With speculation the 57-year-old could head to England to take up the same role at Arsenal following Edu Gaspar’s departure. Having established a good relationship with Gunners boss Mikel Arteta.

A reported target of Arsenal, Olabe, 57, has had three different stints as sporting director of Real Sociedad having finished his playing career as a goalkeeper at the club in 1999.

He also coached both the youth and senior teams at Real Sociedad between retirement and 2002.