The professionals of Lezama, by Iñaki Ugalde

Winning is the great objective, whatever they say, of all those who attend Athletic’s presidential elections. Arechabaleta, Barkala and Uriarte, named in alphabetical order, have already begun to take their first steps towards Ibaigane’s chair. Many of the arguments that have been put forward so far had already been heard before by others who also aspired to govern this club.

A veterans in these fights there are certain issues that sound familiar to us. Optimizing resources, Europe, being faithful to the philosophy, contracts based on objectives, bringing in the best Basque players… Beans counted.

Nor, I do not forget the ever-recurring theme of Lezama. People from all over the planet come to the red and white factory to study Athletic’s working method. Logical because there is no one in the world who can boast of having always remained in the elite with a large majority of players trained at home.

A Some of them fill their mouths making references to the youth team work of other European clubs. The big difference between one and the other with respect to Lezama is that here they work with native products, with kids from Bizkaia and surroundings. A nuance to take into account.

RIt would be advisable that before talking to outside professionals to see how they do it in their respective quarries, they also ask those at home what and how things are done in Lezama. At the male and female level. It does not sell as much, but it is still more advisable and practical.