Manolo Gaspar visited the set of Malaguista Area (101 TV) and assured that he was very excited about the squad that exists and raises the bar for the demands of both the team and the coaching staff. “The team has a wide margin for improvement. We are going to see his roof, but I refuse to fight just for permanence. We are showing that with a normal competitive level we are going to sell defeat dearly. I see teams with little room for improvement and from what I see of ours, it has a lot, “he said.
The Blue and White sports director also reviewed the current situation of Malaga and took stock of what the transfer market has given of itself.
Summer market: “We have done a high level of operations, it has been moved. The players for whom Malaga moves are Malaga level. We have found a good level of players and salary. We have improved and we will be in position 13 or 14 in the budget of the category. We have not spent it all, we did not have the need. There is hunger and a compensated staff ”.
Percentage of success in the signings to be satisfied: “I would stay more with the group, that continues to grow in the number of players owned, that continues to grow in level and I think that we are taking the appropriate steps for the times that run. With more than half of them working, I find myself with a song in my teeth ”.
What has he left to sign ?: “At first we were clear about the objective, then we saw that we could not fight for it or we stayed close. But in the final section we have brought the profiles that we wanted and needed. It already happened. I'm happy with the competitiveness of the squad ”.
Rondón signing attempt: “There was never a choice. I tried by all means but there were no options. We are light years away. He is in the Champions League and we are in Second trying to be reborn. Economically it was viable. We made the consultations. In the end we can aspire to what we can aspire to. I try it with many ex-malaguistas. I am very disappointed. The player has a very short career and we are Malaguistas until they touch my pocket. My work is done”.
Free players market: “We are not looking at that market.”
Winter market: “I am analyzing. I see all the trainings, the needs that we may have. It's going to be a long season. There are players that we have not seen yet like Ramón, Ismael, Chavarría, Jairo… Each one is going to have their moment ”.
Hicham State: “It really pisses me off that Hicham doesn't have a regularity because it could be very important to us. He has that speed, that arrival and that hit. That is pissing me off a lot. We have done all kinds of studies, we have done everything that can be done. You have to give him his space. Now it seems that it does not have something important. But he doesn't feel good again. We need that head to be well, released. We are looking for all the things that are in our hands, he too. But it is not being easy ”.
Treatment for Hicham: “He is now going to a special center. He is going to pay for it out of pocket. And let's see if we can all see what happens there. It is too early to talk about its renewal. As it is now, starting a conversation I think is not going to facilitate anything. I suffer for him. It cannot be happy. Hook one after another. If he finds a regularity, we will sit down to talk, because he can see the affection of the club, who wants to help him at all times, we are having a lot of patience. If it were something mental, we would find the solution with a specialist. It can be a little bit of everything. After passing the Covid, he has not raised his head. Many things and habits have been corrected. Many studies have been made, of footfalls, effort, compensations … In the end, he does not find that level. In training the coach is being very tactful. We have had to slow him down. He has a privileged physique, that is why he surprises us. It escapes a little from everyone ”.
The number of subscribers grows slowly: “I thought we were going to have more. Seeing that people want football. That people want to give back in the stadium what they have not been able to in a whole year. For the city of Malaga. We are at the end of the month. We are not in a good moment, it is not buoyant. In this section that comes now, there may be Fieles Malaguistas again. I think we are going to suddenly hit the first of the month. People knew we had two away games. We have strengthened in ticketing. I think Malaga will respond, we need it. People have always responded and this year they will also respond. Those who come are lions and they come to cheer. If 10,000 come and they are lions. They come to cheer and eager ”.