Olabe rejects offers to stay at Real: “Good years to come”

The renewal presentation Robert Olabe until 2026 it comes with an additional surprise: “Thank you very much for staying, for deciding not to listen to other things and for the work you do,” he said. Jokin Aperribay. And it is that the director of football has decided to discard other important proposals to continue with Real, for different reasons: “We must finish combining what we are doing,” he pointed out, but not before predict: “We have good years ahead of us.”

the appearance of How are you It is more than the derby and this season, although with all the reservations in the world, he does not hide the fact that in this campaign “we want to aim to play in the Champions League”. He maintains that as things stand, with Sevilla off the hook and the team third, behind Barça and Madrid, “fourth and third place will be there this year.” However, he said that the word ‘Champions’ and the chanting of those goals instilled in him respect and the fear that “we swallow everything else and focus on the end, on the title, on the Champions League or in the final”.

How are you renewed until 2026 and will end, at least, a cycle of eight years because “this project still has a lot of development and transit.” He said he feels “very excited” to continue being part of the club and “help it grow”: “We try to be ambitious without forgetting what Real is, what we are.” He signed because he felt “at ease and convinced, how could it be otherwise”.

There are “things to do”

In the last five years, La Real have reaped all kinds of success, but he believes How are you that there are still “things to do”. However, he is tormented by the idea of ​​”how can I continue to help” and assures that now, after winning the Cup and qualifying for Europe, “I feel more responsibility than I did when I started.” It celebrates the level of “continuity, stability and maturity” the club has achieved during this ‘triumvirate’ of afternoon, How are you and imanol.

The director of football is clear about the model that continues to grow: “We will not forget our people to be something else; We cannot be like the clubs around us who are having trouble exiting the market today”. It establishes that the philosophy chosen for the club has a set limit: 80% of the base players must be from Gipuzkoa and in the first team there must be at least 60% of players forged in Zubieta. “The identity model in which we want to continue breastfeeding will continue to be based on people from our territory. The intention is not to remove men from it, that is the basis. We will try not to betray our project”.

La Real has created schools in Sweden, the United States, Japan or the Canary Islands to continue to attract talent, because, as stated afternoon: “Real is not a passport.”

president, Jokin AperribayFor his part, he admitted that “yes, Robert He had opportunities, other offers and chose to stay at Real. My head hurts. What happens in the first team makes other clubs take notice How are youin imanol and to some players. We need to put antivirus at the door. The best thing that happens to us is the promise of How are you and all towards the project.”

On the evening of March

The president referred to that night in March 2018 when he gathered at his home imanol Y How are you after being dismissed Eusebius Sacristan Y Lorraine to change course: “Five years later, that conversation continues to exist, out of respect for the Real”, Qualified the president who How are you and imanol of the “wonderful man”. He believed that the three of them formed a triumvirate, but of “different people: “imanol He is a very suitable person (I would say perfect) for what Real needs: demand, game plan, training plan, looking to the future, wanting to win… Robert He has a complete knowledge of football, what the youngest and the oldest need. That look is very suitable for Real, I would say perfect”. For all this, he assured that “if they let me choose two people with all the resources to lead Real, I can’t see anything more excellent”.