The Arratia club is celebrating two historic achievements: the promotion of its first youth team to the state Honor Division and the first-ever jump of its senior women's team to the Second RFEF. These accomplishments have placed the club from Igorre in the spotlight of Bizkaia football.

Consequently, Oraitz Villena, the top scorer for the youth team, has attracted the interest of several clubs. Ultimately, Eibar has finalized an agreement with the player. Athletic, despite being informed of the move, did not prevent this operation, which has caused surprise in the grassroots football scene of Bizkaia.

Villena, born in 2008, has been the leading scorer in Group IV of the National Youth League, netting 31 goals in 34 matches. This figure more than doubles that of the second-highest scorer in Athletic's second youth team, Joannes Echeverría, who scored 14 goals. Furthermore, Villena ranks as the second-highest scorer across all 17 groups of the category at the state level, surpassed only by Pablo Aparicio (Celta B).

The management of Arratia expresses surprise at Athletic's stance regarding Oraitz Villena, who has even debuted with the senior first team, scoring two goals in two games. "It's surprising that Athletic isn't signing a player from Bizkaia with these numbers and this striking ability. He's a kid with goals, who competes fiercely and is very good in one-on-one situations. If Villarreal had called him, surely they would have reacted quickly at Lezama and taken him," commented club officials.