Celta de Vigo's midfielder Manuel Agudo ‘Nolito’ He did not hesitate to point out the current Spanish coach, Luis Enrique Martinez, like his “soccer father”, with whom he coincided in his stage in the Barça subsidiary and later in the celestial set.
“I love him very much and I think he gives me something too. I took soccer as a hobby and enjoyed and played to distract myself. He made me see that I could achieve many goals if I squeezed myself and, above all, if I took care of myself a little in the matter of food “, revealed the extreme in an interview with CeltaMedia.
In this sense, the Spanish international confessed that the Asturian coach I gave him “the badge” every day to change his “bad” eating habits if he wanted to become a professional footballer.
“He told me that I could do many things and not be satisfied,” said Nolito, who in his first stage in Vigo, where he arrived from the Benfica as a request of Luis Enrique, he signed 39 goals in 100 games, which earned him to be transferred to the Manchester City in the summer of 2016.
There he was reunited with Pep Guardiola, the coach who made him debut with Barça in the First Division, in a “difficult” time because, as he himself remembers in those days, his former team “won everything”.
“I have to thank Pep for betting on me at that time. Then he called me to go to another great club such as City, where I also lived a good time despite not having played as much as I would have liked, “said Nolito, for whom returning to Celta was” a blow of immense happiness ” after an unsuccessful stint at Sevilla.
“I don't know why, but Celta is the most important team I've played for.. I don't know how much my career has left, I do not know if a lot or a little, but it is the team of my heart for all that I have lived. I never imagined all the good that happened to me“, be sincere.
The man from Cádiz, who achieved fulfill his “dream” of playing for the national team In his first stage as a celestial, he remembers his beginnings in Balaídos: “I came to try to break it, to have a good season, but the truth is that I did not imagine doing so well because we we qualify for UEFA and I made my debut with the Spanish team here in Vigo ”.
For all this, he did not hesitate return to Celta in June 2020 when the entity chaired by Carlos Mouriño took advantage of the long-term absence of goalkeeper Sergio Álvarez to address his signing.
“I came with my eyes closed, happiness is not paid for with money”, said Nolito, who has made sure to continue one more year as a celestial by having played 23 games as a starter in LaLiga.