Granada CF: The 10 arguments of the ‘king of Andalusia’

Granada has been awarded by the Junta de Andalucía as ‘Best Andalusian Team of 2019’ in the prestigious Andalusia Sports Awards whose gala is still pending date and venue. The Jury voted for the majority of the Los Cármenes team's candidacy “for the promotion achieved to the First Division of National Football (Liga Santander) in 2019, as well as the fantastic first round it has made, reaching many days among the first and even one as a leader ”.

There are many merits of this team with a very solid base and with arguments to stay a long time among the greats of Spanish football. These are some of the reasons that empower the Andalusian king of the moment.

1-Antonio Fernández Monterrubio. He is the CEO of Granada and a strong man of the President and owner John Jiang. With notable experience in Xerez and Rayo Vallecano, Monterrubio landed in a club that needed many changes to get ahead. He confronted them with an effective plan to grow in sports and institutions, creating synergies, generating resources and implementing the concept of ‘family’ within the club. Because Granada is a family.

2-asStep by step ’. After the disappointment of not promoting to First in 2017-18, the club sent a message with measured objectives but without giving up anything. Unlike other teams, Granada knew how to land in the reality of the Second Division. And that helped him to ascend.

3-Hit the coach. This point is essential. It was necessary a profile of technician with hunger and in ramp of growth. Diego Martínez is the youngest coach in Primera and recently renewed until 2021. The only coach to date to have held on the Los Cármenes bench two seasons and 21 games was Joaquín Peiró. “We want Diego Martínez to be with us for a long time,” says Monterrubio.

4-John Jiang leaves to work. Although a greater presence in the city of the Chinese owner is missed, happily for the Granad John Jiang it has nothing to do with Al Thani who got involved in everything and directed (that is to say) Malaga through Twitter.

5-Identification with the city. A goal that is being fully met. Granada is the first team in the province and Los Cármenes the stadium with the best percentage of attendance in the First Division. The hobby is overturned. This is also evident in the excellent operation of the official store.

6-Clear accounts. Granada has no debt. His salary limit is the third lowest in the category, 35,461,000 euros. The budget is around 60 million.

7-You do not want to be a selling club. Three months ago Granada bought Antoñín from Málaga for 1.5 million euros. A player with an exceptional future. He has not considered offers for any of his best players like Rui Silva or Duarte and they are already looking for a solution to the next departure of Vadillo, who will go to Celta. The plan is to keep the duro hard core ’. Granada always refers to the clause every time proposals come from one of its players.

8-The character of Roberto Soldado. The integration and identification of the Valencian striker with Granada is being total. His desire, experience and experience are helping the team a lot.

9-Generation of assets. Thus explained in AS Monterrubio this aspect. “Yes, within the strategic lines of the sports model, it is one of them. It has two strategic objectives, one to keep the team in First and the second is to generate assets. We are very pending to generate assets because that is the future of the club. When we arrived we found a club in which we had to remove 72 players from all categories whose economic rights did not belong to the club. We don't start from scratch, but from minus 72 ”.

10-Sports Direction. Fran Sánchez is the sports manager in charge of the signings. The Hope Group also collaborates with Antonio Cordón. The work is coordinated.

End of stay in Marbella

On the other hand, Granada puts an end to this Monday's stay that has been taking place this week at Marbella Football Center. The stay has ended with a gym session. Tuesday, rest day.