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 o🦹f this r🎃umour at the Malaysian MotoGP this weekend.
But Puig, the Repsol Honda team manager, has now said to DAZN: "No, I don't know where that camꦦe from. It's 100% false.
🍸“Yesterday I spoke to Aldeguer’s manager and I asked him where it came from and he didn't know what to say.”
Aldeguer had previously insisted: “The💫 call was there but I don’t have anything on the tabꦦle…”
, 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!! Fౠrankly surprising!!
“I know why ꦦthat reaction! But I𓂃'm not going to explain it.
“It is not the first time they have denied news, nor will it probably be the last. It i✨s normal! There areꦅ always leaks!”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cover🍨ing everything from Ameriꦗcan sports, to football, to F1.
