Unai emery has gone through the microphones of “El Larguero” from Cadena SER to talk about the good time of Villarreal and review the football news with the arrival of the national team break.
Comparison between Kubo and David Silva: “It is difficult to predict the potential of Kubo, he has similar characteristics to what I saw in David Silva when I arrived at Valencia. He plays well between the lines, he drives with speed … He needs to keep growing.”
Kubo: “With us he has the process of growing. I am happy with him. I want Kubo's growth the same as that of Fer Niño or Baena. If he is not here to play for Real Madrid right now, it is because he needs development.”
Renewal of Neymar and Mbappé: “That they come to La Liga? It could be, I don't know. It is not easy to compete with a club like PSG. I would like to see the best players in Spain.”
Neymar: “Managing Neymar is easy. I have felt comfortable working with him. Our relationship was fluid, well understood by both and always with respect.”
Selection: “I usually see him to see players who are at Villarreal.”
Alcacer: “Recognition in the National Team is a satisfaction that we can all have. As long as the team plays well, individual recognitions arrive and progressively more will be incorporated.”
Merits: “Luis Enrique knows him well and is quite fair. The fact that he has not called me leaves me feeling of respect and that if he continues in that line he will fit in. He has been in the National Team before and if he continues like this they will call him “.
Season start: “We are in matchday 9 and there is a lot left. What marks is to maintain constancy and regularity. There are teams that have to recover games. We are satisfied with the games that we are taking out.”
Eleven Spaniards and six youth players: “It is a meritocracy that the quarry has been present in Villarreal in recent years and if you put them in conditions to grow in the end they play. Villarreal has internationals from other countries.”
Leicester in Spain: “By history Madrid, Barça and Atleti are there. LaLiga is now a bit strange because of the covid and because the regularity of Madrid and Barcelona is not present. Atleti does remain firm. The fact that Real is there makes that we can get excited and that people follow football. “
Win in Getafe: “Alcácer is looking for the goal and Gerard Moreno has the ability to score goals. They are players who can be staggered on the field. They are giving us a lot. They are very competitive, they provide a goal, work and very complementary qualities.”
LaLiga is left behind: “They are sensations that at certain times confirm the game or achieve something at a specific moment. Doubting our league when in 15 years they have won eight Champions and in the Europa League Sevilla have won six and Atleti three … Maybe You look at the economy of the Premier. We have to strengthen our league and sell it by transmitting all the good we do and at the level of the game. There are cycles that we have seen Cristiano and Neymar leave, but young people continue to appear who will be there in the next years”.
Evolution of Villarreal: “The team feels safe, confident and improving.”
Title: “The objective has to be the path and generate enthusiasm. The team is achieving things at the level of play and results. In the Europa League it is difficult to win it. The King's Cup is a competition that will excite us. If Leicester did it a team can do it. “
Valencia: “When we talked about the power of LaLiga, it is true that Valencia has not managed to do it. Simeone's irruption was when he won the Europa League, the League and played Champions League finals. That growth is sought by Sevilla and Valencia has been left behind because he cannot or has taken another direction. Villarreal gives me a demanding environment to work in. It is a beautiful challenge and one that has significant economic potential “.