It is the third public appearance of this executive from Malaga, who has completed a year at the helm of the club after the decision of the Court of Instruction 14 to remove Abdullah Al Thani from his functions as president. “I had no intention of giving a third press conference. I am not a media character nor have I come to the posture. The first two came for quite important reasons. The first two were given to explain the viability plan and the situation in which Málaga found itself after these months of pandemic, and the second was at a very difficult time because we had finished the first ERE and we were immersed in the second ERE. Requests for interviews have been received and we did not want to make comparative grievances. I am indebted to you for the treatment received. There is one thing I want to make clear. Paco Martín Aguilar is the club's ambassador. He carries the blue and white values and Malaga in his heart more than in his head. For me he is the worthy representative of Malaga and gives dominion to the club ”.
Daily management. “It is done with institutions and companies. That is why I have attended these types of events. I put an example. The mayor of Malaga, the delegate of the Junta de Andalucía and the president of the Provincial Council attended to become patrons of Malaga. He was in the stadium and it would have been very ugly if he was not accompanying them in the photo.
LaLiga Assembly. “I appeared by videoconference. If it had been in Madrid, I would have come because the one who talks to LaLiga is me. And I will continue to do so while I am in this position. The same as with the Federation. Some relationships that we had very lost and had to be recovered. And with a phone call many times the same is not achieved as with face-to-face meetings. I am in the box and attend to the visiting board. Work synergies are created and this is why I go to the box. Going to the box is five hours of my time. Thanks to the institutions we have had three important events such as the promotion phase to the Second Division, the Super Cup and the final of the Queen's Cup. Malaga is above everything and if I have to argue, I will argue. I have not come to make friends ”.
Sponsors. “I want to thank you because you are still with us. They are not abandoning us. I would like so much advice that is given to me all day on the one hand and on the other, what we need are sponsorships, we have products for anything. Malaga does not need advice, it needs sponsorships, that way money will come in and we can raise the salary limit. Maybe two years from now it's too late ”.
Al Thani Family. “I am not only with the clearance of accounts, the contact is daily with your honor. I have attended to many interested in buying Málaga or entering Málaga. I am tired of so many requests, those who have wanted to come to know the procedural situation of Malaga I have attended. The pettiness that leads us to always tell the same thing. Málaga is not for sale and even so people go out and say that I endorse projects, that they hold follow-up meetings. I don't care who stays at the club when I leave. I do not endorse any of the many who are applying to continue at Malaga, I do not follow the interest of any group, but the interest that has been entrusted to me. I don't endorse it, I don't care who stays. I would like the club to stay in the best hands but that will not depend on me. The removed board of directors, the Al Thani family, are innocent until proven otherwise. Article 24 of the Constitution. Until the judicial process is over, they are not guilty. They are innocent, Spain is a democratic state of law, let's not lose the judgment that the club seems to have lost. They continue to have the same actions until the case is resolved in the provincial court.
Club sale? “Málaga is not for sale. Everyone who has met with me, I have done it in ten or 15 minutes and I will tell you the situation that exists: pending that the Hearing of Malaga says, and this is what will remain depending on the sentence. I keep hearing the pettiness that I am running for president or CEO, I don't run or do anything. It has no further path than the end of my stay at Malaga. As long as the criminal or judicial procedure is not solved, I will be here while the measures of the court continue, or it may be that the court loses confidence in me, which may happen. His honor does everything with the most absolute legality, there is no need to run more or less ”.
Claims. “We found almost two million extra claims that were not counted on them, the last one from TAS 48 hours ago due to a problem with Amrabat in the 2013 season, which claims 500,000 euros from us. They are not stones, they are trucks that put us in the middle of the road so that we cannot pass. You have to add two million long unforeseen events that we have had to add ”.
Galatasaray. “Málaga had to play a game with Galatasaray and it didn't happen. That is breach of contract. I add the 500,000 euros to all those claims that we have had that is higher than a million euros, it was not predictable. Complaints from agents and agencies that had forgotten about us, someone close to Malaga has activated about 15 complaints. Small pebbles that are complicating our lives, I hope they do not arrive more, we have exhausted the quota, there is nothing more to claim “.
Economic situation. “We entered on a Friday, February 21 with the Police, it was terrifying. We saw the first thing that Malaga did not finish last season, that was clear, it is more if any problem of collections occurred, from April or May it had no liquidity or support no one to finish the season, that is why it was decided to sell to Antoñín, Granada had the window open for a long-term injury. Thanks to the fact that it was sold to Antoñín the season was over, there was no better offer, all that was What I have said is uncertain. Without the second ERE, the sporting one, in the month of August and September we would have had problems without the measures we took, such as the resolution of rentals for the Al Thani, departures from the Olympic stadium, many adjustments of the club that as they do not pass Due to the judicial procedure there is no knowledge. If there are no surprises, which may exist, Malaga will end the season. The situation has not been saved, we are cleaning up the club. This is the savings from ERES, all paid less It's a spread at the end of February. Not with one euro, but not many small euros. I am turning off the lights, they will say that I am a bad guy, but you have to look at the penny. With Covid, the difference is abysmal from positive to negative results. We do not have season tickets, there are no tickets, something is lost in advertising, some stores. With the public there would be, I think, seven or eight more points in the classification and another economic situation. The Al Thani have loans or advances for more than eight million, it is another hindrance that we have in the club's treasury ”.