“For Sekou a transfer premium was paid to Valladolid”

Market valuation. “It has been a different market seen from another point of view that I was used to. With the working group that we have in all the club's departments, it is much easier. In this market there have been two tranches. One before CVC and one after. We did not have a LaLiga sanction (limitation of 18 chips) that did not require very complicated markets to make a multipurpose squad so that the coach would not have problems when making the line-ups. It is true that a very low salary limit. I am very satisfied. Last year there were limit moments every day. Players who doubted the inscription. Being able to convince them was very difficult. It was a surgical task and José María (the judicial administrator) played it many times with the issue of registrations, of fighting with LaLiga … if you focus on a market where players from an ERE are leaving and others are sharing the same dressing room with a medium EFA, it is very complicated. Sergio Pellicer's management at that time was impeccable. And inside the office it was a catastrophe. But it was achieved. It is an abysmal difference with this market where a player who comes, a player who signs up. The ability to convince players has been greater ”.

Has any amount been paid for Sekou? “A transfer premium was paid for Sekou. Ero was mandatory on the part of Valladolid. I wasn't going to go out to any club without a loan bonus. After that, the conditions are quite positive for Málaga. We had room to carry out the operation. It was a goal from minute one, my staff for a long time and I knew that, due to its characteristics, it could fit in. “

Are there contacts to renew Luis Muñoz? “It is very important for Málaga and for me personally. He has a year ahead of him and he will have to earn it ”.

Juande Renovation. “It was agreed for a long time. We had it stored there to announce it at the right time. Whoever wants Juande to come and pay the clause ”.

Salary limit data. “We have consumed around six million euros. I had in my head to continue with a balance in the squad. What we have left to consume is not mandatory and we may have left for next year ”.

Two free chips on the template. “The squad is closed. We have 23 chips counting Alexander's. The players who have come up from the subsidiary are giving the level we want ”.

Goals for the season. “If what they want to hear is that the objective is promotion, they will keep the headline in their pocket. It's true that I like the team. We are going to give war to any rival. Our goal is to keep building the team. There are 13 incorporations. There are many. In March we will be able to talk about the objective. Now it is very difficult. Improving what we did last year is mandatory ”.

Winter market. “I'm not thinking about that but about seeing how the team evolves. Hopefully we don't need it ”.

Tuning in with the coach. “My way of working is like this. I go out on the market for a coach because I am clear that his way of playing is what I like and I think that Malaga is good for its culture. If I sign a coach and this is a project and between the two of us we do not make the team, we are going to have a problem and this project does not work and one hundred percent will fail. I remember the first day when the coach enters ‘La Cueva’ (the office where the club's sports management works) and wants all the names we have on the board. Logical. The good ones we all like. From there, we know the game model we want. In all the names there has been a consensus between the coach and the sports management ”.

Arrival of CVC. “There were many players who escaped because important teams entered, but before CVC important players came who wanted to play for Málaga. They were very valuable for arriving at a difficult time ”.

Were there contacts with Amrabat, Portillo or Rondón? “Some I have tried but have not been able to. The reality is that. Whoever wants to play for Málaga plays for Málaga one hundred percent. I have considered some operations, but I have not been able to because of the economic levels, the times … whatever!

Have you turned down offers for players? “There have been calls from first contacts. But the players' starting conditions are set by Málaga. There have not been any formal firm offers for a player. Yes interest. José María already said it in one of his first press conferences. We are going to try to be strong there ”.

Calls from representatives. “Things are changing, it is palpable that Málaga is growing little by little. Those of us who are here are at the right time because we want to grow and advance and that looks and attracts a lot. The same agents who once said no, not crazy, now call ”.

The signing of Peybernes, was it taken away from Zaragoza in the last minute? “I tried it in December of last season, but we couldn't do it because of the limit. It comes from long ago. Things are not as they appear in the press or the fans say, that signing had already been working on it for a month and a half. He knew it was very difficult and we convinced him. Pick and shovel. He also made an effort, because he had better offers than this. We don't take it from anyone at the last minute. “

Ale Benitez. “He decides to stay because he wants to play for Málaga. And for me chapeau. It is to value. He has had options to play in a higher category and has not wanted to leave.

Hobby. “It will be the best signing. We have already seen in these parties how fundamental they are. We have to give a lot to it. It seems that there may be 60% in the stadiums and the club is working on the season ticket campaign and we hope to have news soon. We need La Rosaleda to push and if it can be with twice as many people, the better. People respond. There are not 13 signings but 14 with the fans ”.