Despite the fact that the long and starry list of starts now reaches eight players (Parejo, Rodrigo, Ferran, Coquelin …) and that no reinforcement has yet arrived, beyond the return on loan, President Anil Murthy left Javi Gracia without the possibility of excusing himself in that situation 48 hours before the derby against Levante with which the League will open.
Hours before the technician's first appearance since his presentation, the president sent a message from his usual platform (the official fanzine written in English and edited in Asia Batzine) in which he assured that there is a team to compete.
“Right now, we have a squad that is strong enough to compete,” said Murthy, who said that the contribution of the youth squad should serve for the lack of signings that there may be or even injury.
“The pandemic has given us the opportunity to rejuvenate the team and create a stronger connection between the Academy and the first team. We have a solid group right now, which even celebrates the youngsters playing ”, he affirmed, sliding that before it might not be like that.
“Now, we know that we can count on some of them in case the market does not allow us to cover all positions or if there are injuries. There is a very strong connection between the first team and the Academy ”, he pointed out.
In addition, he encouraged Gracia to influence her idea of a collective game to compensate for the absence of stars.
“Javi Gracia's style has always been to form a solid block of players and that is something we must have. We have to be competitive not because we have a couple of stars but because we are strong as a group, “he said.
And Murthy believes that you can see that. “They play as a team, everyone runs, everyone works hard. When they celebrate a goal, they all go together ”, he affirmed.