FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Alaves v Celta Vigo - Spanish King's Cup Semi-final second leg - Mendizorroza, Vitoria, Spain, 08/02/17 Alaves' Ibai Gomez reacts during the match. REUTERS/Vincent West
BILBAO (Reuters) - Spanish winger Ibai Gomez has taken the surprising decision to leave high-flying La Liga side Alaves to return to struggling Athletic Bilbao, swapping a push for Champions League football for a relegation dog-fight.
Ibai, 29, left Athletic for Alaves in 2016 when they were promoted to the Spanish top flight but despite helping the team climb above Real Madrid to fourth in the standings, he is heading back to his boyhood club after signing a three-and-a-half year deal.
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