Marcelino speak clearly. It has been his habit since he has been a coach in the elite and also in the seven months he has been in charge of the San Mamés bench. The concentration of Sankt Gallen, in Switzerland, is no exception.
The Asturian did not bite his tongue last Saturday to refer to the delay in operating on Yuri
Berchiche pubalgia. “This issue I do not understand. Since I don't understand it, I prefer to give little opinion. But I don't like that a player who hasn't played anymore since April and now, after the preseason has started, has to have surgery. From the ignorance, the logic tells me that we should have acted differently, “he said emphatically before the three media displaced to the Swiss country to cover the stage. Athletic's medical services were sure to have been singled out.
Yesterday he again offered his opinion on the situation of Unai
Lopez. At the end of last season it turned out that the Asturian did not have the midfielder for the 2021-22 season. So far he hadn't talked about it. Yesterday he did it at the end of the match with Dynamo Kiev played in the town of Winterthur, 62 kilometers from Sankt Gallen. The San Sebastian was one of the most prominent lions, assisting Williams in the final 1-0 and also offering a good pass to his brother Nico a few minutes before.
“If the club first and a coach later we are not able to make a decision in a time based on reflection and analysis, I would consider myself not very capable. And with all the humility in the world, I don't consider myself very capable. And the club, the same. It would be a bad professional for me to make a decision at specific times, “he said when asked by '8'.
The one from Villaviciosa continued with his explanation: “You have to analyze the global. Along with other possibilities that we have in the squad, you put everything in the balance and decide. It is what we are for. We do not consider that Unai be a bad player, far from it. We believe that in this stage of Athletic restructuring we have solutions that can facilitate us more or less the same, because we believe that there are other players who are ahead, who are also young and that we have to give them their place ”. It can not be said clearer. The Gipuzkoan will have to find a way out or, failing that, fulfill the contract that ends in 2022 knowing that he will have very few opportunities.