Manolo Gaspar: “Antoñín is not going anywhere”

Manolo Gaspar, sports director of Malaga, He valued the signing of Natxo González and reflected on some situations in the market in the final stretch.

new trainer. “I want to thank Natxo for believing in what we have and what we can offer and for all the facilities he has given us and the desire he transmits to us. We wish you luck. I want to thank Funes and Bravo for the work they have done during these days. (They are the technicians of the subsidiary who have directed the team on an interim basis.

Reality. “Now we think that we have the salary limit of Almería and it is not like that. The players who can and want to come cost a lot of work. We do not have that economic strength to fight with big clubs. We have the strength of Malaga and that people notice that there is a growing club. We cannot mortgage the entity, we cannot do it because of the salary limit and, if there are no better players than the ones we have in the team, we are not going to sign. We have a large squad and players from the academy who put pressure on us”.

Transfers. “We continue in the same dynamic to see what options there are within a market in which we do not have much strength. We did two things (the signings of Vadillo and Febas) and we will do our best. The market is still alive and we are going to see what we can do”.

Reinforcement. “After the injuries we were clear about how to strengthen ourselves. We do not have much strength in the market, we have already carried out two operations and we are ahead of ourselves. The market is alive, we are working and anything can happen”.

Antoñín. “She has been playing football for a long time, but she is a kid. He has doubts and bad moments. If the global pandemic of social networks misuses it, what happens happens. Antoñín made a great effort to come, just like Málaga did for him to come. Málaga is a very demanding club for the players, we know that, you have to get used to it. If nothing happens, he won’t go anywhere and he’s a Málaga player because he wants to be”.

Tension among the fans. “La Rosaleda, especially for us who are a young team, Málaga is a demanding place for everyone. If there is a way to achieve things and something beautiful, it is rowing all together. When we were close to relegation we already saw that the only way is to be with the players. I refuse to self-destruct and the Málaga fans are intelligent and know that being with the team is the way to go”.

Adrian Lopez:

On the other hand, and as reported by Málaga Hoy, Adrián López is going to train with Málaga’s first team but without a record. The 34-year-old Asturian striker who played at La Rosaleda a few seasons ago is without a team after finishing his spell with Osasuna.