Rufete: “We will make a hungry team and feel the club”

How are the players and how do you face these three games?

The objective is the same as always, to continue competing until the end.

At what point will the new decisions about the squad and the coach be announced?

We have one week left. We are working and we will make decisions as quickly as possible. We want to make a template that creates excitement. This chapter must be closed. There are situations that are being handled but there is a week to define everything.

Do some players play in these days continue or not?

We are playing pride and the shirt. Until the end we will fight for it. What we have to do is ours. Young people are already entering the team.

Is it crazy to play at 14:00?

There are other times that we could play. We had to make two groups to avoid being in the field for so long. Heat is important and humidity when watering even more. It is a different time in football, we understand, but this is not good for anyone.

Do you think it will be a difficult market due to the fact that the reduction in the salary limit is being met and due to the economic consequences of COVID-19?

It will be difficult for everyone. We have another handicap that is quick adaptation, generating an exciting and strong squad for Segunda. Everything has changed a lot, but success will be in adapting. Football must be coupled with something new.

Are you clear about how the template should be?

I am analyzing everything. We have to close this cycle well or very well to repeat the same thing every week. We represent a club, we cannot end in any way. We have to work in a different situation. It is Second. The vision is different.

Do you think it will be possible to have RdT and Cabrera?

When we signed them we knew the difficulty, they have their particularities in the contracts. We will talk to them and make decisions. They are an important part of the club until the opposite happens.

Do the players who arrived in January have a release clause with relegation?

Someone already gave it. That is confidential. Hurts. Little more remains for me to say if others say so. I will tell the truth. RdT has a clause of leaving on loan to a First team as long as the conditions exist, but the purchase price is 60 million or 70 if it is an international club. They can also buy Cabrera, but they can stay. We will have to sit with them. Our weakness is category, but I know its implication.

How do you plan to turn pessimism around?

In a large structure, I reiterate, I have my responsibility, I will not deny it. But there is something important, I do not decide everything in this club, but I would be the owner. I will try to give my opinion and decide for the good of Espanyol. And here I am. The president has bet on me and we will go towards that. And that will be explained and said. I go back to my place, I trained seven games because I was asked to. Players must respect me. I'll stand up for this club, whether I burn or don't burn. This book must be closed and ordered. You have to make a big club, really, with feeling … Where the sports director informs you of the clauses of De Tomás.

Is it necessary to make a specialist team for Segunda or to have continuity in Primera?

You have to make a hungry team and feel the club, that has a sense of belonging. From there fight and eat ground, with that quality football comes to you.

To what extent is it clear who you have?

The coach will be discussed, the club will be clear about the circumstances and decisions will be made. You don't have to go fast. Last year we gave priority to the Europa League instead of LaLiga. You have to be hungry to go up. There will be quality, but hunger will be the key.

Is any player below what you expect in practice?

They are all excellent. I told you, they motivate me. And it's annoying to be where we are. I have no complaints.