“If none of the candidates have called me, what am I going to wait for!”

Patxi Salinas He has preferred not to run the risk of waiting and then the new president who comes out of the polls on June 24 does not have his services. Furthermore, none of the three candidates (Barkala, Arechabaleta y Uriarte) has called him to offer him to continue despite the fact that he has saved Bilbao Athletic with a great second round. “I have done everything I could. I have worked all the hours I could and more. I have given my life to save Bilbao Athletic. What does not depend on me I can not do anything. What is in my hand yes, because I have worked a lot for the team to get out of where it was, but the rest does not depend on me. I can’t wear myself out on something that I can’t do anything about.”

“I’ve done everything I could. I’ve worked all the hours I could and more. I’ve given my life to save Bilbao Athletic”

Patxi Salinas

In any case, he leaves very pleased with himself. “It’s time to breathe, to be happy. I’m a little excited. It’s not a time for sadness and sorrow, on the contrary, I’m happy, happy to have coached the club of my loves, of my life”, he stated in Lezama after communicating his departure from the club.

“I am the happiest guy in this club, but none of the three have called me. The League ended on May 28 and we are at June 6. If no one has called me, what am I waiting for! They’ve had plenty of time to tell me we’re talking when they’re elected president. I think I’m an experienced guy. No one has called me, I would have been delighted if one or all three had called me, but no one has called me, ”he reiterated.

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The San Adrián coach took stock of the last season: “I arrived on matchday 17. I’ve already said it many times, I find myself a dead team, with thirteen points and in a very delicate situation. But you had to be brave. I spoke with my family, with my brother and my children and they told me to push forward. If he already had confidence in me, that multiplied it by a hundred. Many people told me that I was crazy, that I was going to spend two magnificent years at Basconia. It was hard to imagine that the team could have been saved on matchday 37 with 45 points with a second round of 32 points. They were playoff numbers, scandalous”, he stated.

The coach considers that Athletic’s future is assured with the players from its youth academy. “We have 124 years of history competing against ocean liners and this club has always come out on top, always. It is one of the best quarries in Europe or the best. We have saved the category in First RFEF. Betis, Seville, Valladolid, three subsidiaries, have lost it. Our youth division of honor has been a finalist in the Champions Cup. We have a fantastic academy,” he said.

“I would have been delighted if one or all three candidates had called me, but none have called me”

The players who have come up from Basconia have been decisive in keeping the subsidiary in the First RFEF. “The first thing I did when I went up was incorporate young people, disappointment, Hugo (Corner), Luis (Bilbao), Adu (Malcom), Gere (Gerenabarrena). They were very unknown to many. But then everyone asked me about them. They told me, where did these come from? I answered that from our quarry. In four days they must be in the first team. We have a fantastic group of players who will give us a lot of joy in a very short time. We will just have to wait to see it”, he stated.