Imanol Bailiff He is very excited and happy to present his renewal until June 30, 2025. Along with the football director, Robert Olabeand the president, Jokin Aperribay, revealed that he signed his new contract this morning barely looking at what he signed after arriving home from Talavera de la Reina at almost three in the morning and thinking about nothing but training. His main goal now is to win another title, but with people in the stands, unlike the Cup a year and a half ago. The first thing he did, holding back his tears with great difficulty, was to say thank you.
thank you message. “Although it’s not the first time I’ve renewed, it’s a special and unique day for me, because of what we’ve been through and the moment we’re in. The three of us are different in some things and almost the same in others. . Work , ambition and The three of us have the capacity in our place to have the club where it is today. I want to thank the fans and the media for the love they have shown me. And, above all, the great team that I have. All these successes are credited to the great work of the great team we have. I hope this is not the last time we are here regarding a future renewal”.
What do you think of when you remember your game at the Bernabéu, the first one. “It’s a path. But I always say that what’s done is done. You can’t live on that. The present. And the present is now. For me, being here is exciting, it’s something great. Living this moment with Real is special For this it is necessary to continue working.
He did not feel pressured by the results. “They know perfectly well how I work. On the part of the club, there is no doubt. I feel very loved, highly valued, by the board of directors, by the fans and in Zubieta. I was very calm. I always said which I want to pursue here.
You have not reviewed other offers. “No. The Real is only in my mind and it will be like that until the end. Imanol started the path here and I will continue here. We have made history but I want it to be bigger. If I sleep, I will not complete the story like I want to finish it”.
I did imagine that something like this would happen. “Yes and no. When you’re in this position, you always have doubts. As a coach, with Sanse and with Real, I’m clear which team I want and it’s true that we achieved great things, very special nights. , but Roberto and Jokin gave me a lot of facilities to create this template”. We thought we could achieve something like this. I’m picky, but these two are pickier than me. All three of us are very ambitious, but hardworking and all three of us have capacity. What we do is no accident.”
A message for the fans. “To thank them. I’ve felt loved from the beginning, even if the result wasn’t good. It’s exciting. We gave them joy and that’s what’s important to me.”
There’s a bigger downside to being a fan, aside from being a coach. “A little bit of everything. Being a youth squad, being a coach of a youth squad, being in your city, in your club you know the responsibility that comes with it. It can consume you. Since I was in charge of the first team, everything has It was very simple. I place great value on being calm. Jokin, Olabe, the media, the fans, the board of directors transmit that to me… La Real is a big club that is growing at all levels. Others they look at us from the outside for the third year in a row in Europe and that’s not achieved by one person”.
He had no doubts that he would sign the renewal. No no. I think the club is very clear about what I want. I felt calm because I felt appreciated. Regardless of the results, the club values other things. It never crossed my mind. I renewed for two years, but for Jokin and Roberto, maybe three or four.”
He wants to get more records. “The ambition that the three of us have is shared. I made history as a coach, winning the Cup, in three consecutive years in Europe, but that’s over. I’m the fifth coach with the most appearances in Totoo’s history, which with merit, but I want to continue to climb the ranks. I want to continue to progress with humility, but above all with enthusiasm and work”.
He doesn’t know if the club had to dig into his pocket to protect him. “You’ll have to ask the president. I arrived at three o’clock in the morning, I don’t even know what I signed. We got past the Cup tie. This is all I can say.”
What is left to achieve. “I have many things left. A very special one, to win another title again but with the fans. It is a thorn in our side. When a club wins something and is not used to it, it can have a tendency to relax or settle down. And we showed all the opposite. You see how we are. We are humble, but very ambitious”.
It was remembered by many people. “Many people have made it possible for me to be here. I am very grateful for everything I am experiencing. I am excited. I could not be in a better place than Real Madrid and surrounded by the people I am. Today is a special day “What we have done is important, but I think we want more. Thank you all.”
They will consider signings in January. “We just finished. We didn’t sit down to talk about the future. You already know me and Roberto, Jokin. We are always attentive and we will do it again”.
He believes there are clubs out there who envy Real. “Definitely yes. Apart from Atlético with Simeone and Osasuna with Jagoba, I am the only coach who has had continuity in these four years. And you see how the team, and how Anoeta fills in, we is at its best moment as a club On a European level Real is also talked about Some will envy Real.
Delighted in how the fans treated him and the emotional anecdotes. “That a fan tells you that I hope you don’t die, that I hope you don’t leave here fills you more than any victory or any kind of Cup. Yesterday Remiro gave me the boots and gave I told him this from a Real de Toledo fan, who started crying. That is much bigger than any victory. From the beginning, I felt love by the fans and I only have words of gratitude. Certainly, my family is suffering, because they see little of me. . I go at eight and come back at half past nine at night. The only clause I have to fight for is my wife’s, that on the days we don’t have training for a week, that he appears. eat at home. I have told her that only if we won the game. It’s nice to feel the love of the fans”.
Source: La Verdad
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