The owner of Elche, the Argentine soccer agent Christian Bragarnik, confirmed this Wednesday that as long as his team, which is at the bottom of the competition 14 points behind the positions of the permanent zone, has mathematical choice to achieve survival, it will fight for this goal, It took responsibility for the bad weather and said that the entity has grown stronger and healthier despite its sports crisis.
The leader apologized to the fans for the “moment of pain” this season, which he recalled celebrating the centenary of the entity. “We have to be united to leave Elche at the top,” he added.
“The dream is to be in positions of safety or closer to the teams that fight it,” he commented, in remarks to Cope Elche, the Argentine, who sees no difference about his previous sporting projects except for the results.
“From the loss, it seems that everything is wrong,” said Bragarnik, who said that Elche had “some points” and in his opinion “should have had more.”
Regarding the transfer market, which was closed by four registrations, the Argentine explained that only Cádiz signed more than Elche and responded to complaints about his physical presence in Elche, recalling that his periods of stay in the town “is the same as last time. two years.”
“The problem is that we have six points and it seems like everything needs to be changed. I remember that most of these players gave us a two-year tenure and some were promoted”, he pointed out about the squad.
Bragarnik does not rule out fighting for permanence, although he prefers to focus on short-term goals. “The first thing is to try to get the first win. And then compete at the same level as the rivals and we will see if it is enough to leave Elche in a good way in the competition”, he added.
“I understand that people are wondering how we can win 10 games out of 19 if we won nothing in the other 19, but we will try to convince the players that this victory is still possible,” he explained.
The Argentine businessman assured that the players were the first to be “hurt” by the dynamics of the team and did not hide that the sports situation was “serious”, as he recalled that Elche was the worst team at the bottom of the major leagues.
However, he asked to put the current context of Elche, in the First Division, into perspective and recalled that the entity throughout its centenary history “spent more time in the Second and Third Divisions” than in the highest category.
“We have three in a row in the First Division and we will fight for the fourth. And if not, we will fight to get back”, explained the agent of Argentina, who sympathized with the complaints of the fans, but remembered that he must look for the good of the club.
“People would prefer that I sell the stadium to bring Mbappe, but I have to make the right decisions. Now it seems they are not right because the team is losing”, reflected Bragarnik, who asked the players to surrender the “their life because Elche is above all”.
The football representative praised the support of the Elche fans for the team despite its situation in the table and took full responsibility for the poor sporting situation, although he specified that things were done in the same way as in previous seasons.
“The team should not have 6 points, but 12 or 13 and everything would look different,” insisted Bragarnik, who also defended himself against criticism of his presence at the World Cup while Elche is in the midst of a sporting crisis. .
“I went to Qatar to see Argentina and communicate with the whole world of football,” explained the leader, who also defended himself against complaints from the coach, Pablo Machín, about the delay in the arrival of reinforcements .
“The reality of the club was transferred to him and he said that he found a template for his way of playing. We have these players and we have to work and compete in the same way as we did in previous seasons”, qualified he.
Bragarnik revealed that the planning priority is to keep players like Lucas Boyé, Mascarell or Pere Milla and announced that he will return to Spain in the middle of next month.
The businessman fought off relegation speculation, but admitted that if the case were to happen, Elche were “ready” to fight for a return. “The club is well armed, healthy and with projects, but that doesn’t matter if you don’t win,” he asserted.
Bragarnik announced that stadium renovations and the construction of the Ciudad Deportiva are imminent and promised to bring the club closer to its fans, especially in connection with the Centenary events.
“There are fans who were hit hard from previous years and that when the team woke up now it has not given them results. I don’t care about money, seeing the people who continue to support Elche gives me strength”, explained the leader, remembering that “I’m not a sheikh, so I can’t bring great figures or put money which I am not. have”.
Finally, Bragarnik promised to strengthen the sports area with more assistants for Sergio Mantecón and assumed that if the assessment of the first round was made “I have to go myself, but I will not do it because I have -owner and I will take responsibility”. “I promise to improve things, but if we do not win I will be the worst owner in history,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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