Alavés terminates Nikola Maras contract with disciplinary dismissal. The Serbian player, who had a year left on his contract with the club, has been dismissed after the club compiled a report that found evidence of 'a clear, voluntary and continued decrease in the player's work performance'. The Vitorian team has used different platforms to reach the conclusion that the player had intentionally decreased his daily performance. Alavés relies on tactical and technical data from Wyscout, physical performance metrics from SkillCorner, and records related to the player's load and behavior in training through Catapult and WIMU. Maras was aware of the case opened by Alavés and the club gave him the opportunity to present his allegations, but none of them altered the facts and grounds that led the babazorro team to resolve his contract through a disciplinary dismissal. The Serbian player ends his adventure in Vitoria in the worst possible way. He arrived in 2022 on loan from Almería in an agreement that included the obligatory purchase in case of promotion, a feat that would eventually be achieved through the playoffs. Since then, he has only played three games - all of them in the Copa. After being loaned out to Levante, Sporting and Mirandés, he was facing another summer in which he would have to leave, although he certainly did not expect to do so with a disciplinary dismissal. Alavés is currently 17th in the League, with 33 points, 8 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses in 31 games. In the last season, the team was 46 points behind the leaders of the League. Their next game will be against Getafe on February 28, 2027. Currently, players Carlos Benavídez and Lucas Boyé are injured.