Fran Escribá: “The objective will be to achieve a more comfortable stay”

The coach of the Elche, Fran Escribá, he assured this Wednesday, during the act of its renewal for one year more with the Elche team, that the goal for next season will be “to achieve a more comfortable stay” than that achieved this year.

The Valencian coach, who has been accompanied by the president of the club, Joaquín Buitrago, and the sports director, Nico RodríguezHe assured that he agrees to continue in the entity seduced by the project of a club for which he has “affection” and a sense of “belonging”.

“I know that the club's project is to grow in the medium and long term and to be a reference at the regional and national level. Y I am delighted that they think of me to help them grow. I'm very hopeful with what's coming, ”said the coach, who downplayed the fact of signing for just one year.

Scribe assured that the club is well managedTherefore, he understands that there are guarantees to design a good sports project.

The coach pointed out that the club is already working to create a “very competitive” template to maintain the virtues of the group from last year and predicted a next season “even more difficult” due to the entity of the newly promoted and the team that remains to be raised.

The Valencian coach, who will complete his fifth season between the two stages, stressed that Elche's project interests many players and was eager to comment on training now or directing the first game.

Escribá did not rule out signing players with little knowledge of the League “because what matters is that they are good players” and announced that it will continue to have the same coaching staff from last year, con David Generelo as the main assistant.

The coach insisted on the importance of consolidating the team for several seasons to think about something more than permanence and asked for prudence not to try to give “stops for which we are not prepared.”

Write, who was happy to be able to plan the preseason, said he has Edgar Badía, goalkeeper with a current contract, and did not want to go into detail about possible signings, since he acknowledged that the club is considering a long list of alternatives in all positions.

The Valencian did not deny that he would like to celebrate the club's centenary, which is celebrated in 2023, as a coach, but especially in the First Division, and he guaranteed that he has “more enthusiasm” than when he arrived at the entity in its first stage.

“Elche's area of ​​influence is now very large. We do not have the shadow of any club nearby and that gives us an advantage in attracting new talent, “he concluded.

Buitrago, for his part, described Escribá as “the cornerstone of the project to continue growing ”, while Nico Rodríguez described him as “the right person to continue making Elche better based on stability and knowledge.”