Robert Olabe He is not used to revealing factual information on so many occasions, but he was encouraged this time in an interview with La Voz de Galicia where he spoke about the club’s model, Imanol BailiffSpanish football, etc.
The realistic director of football wants to explain the idea he has about Real. “The idea is to work with 80% of the men from the territory and 20% from the rest of the world. This is not a policy that excludes, but includes. Guipúzcoa is mine. It is impossible to cut and paste this project to take it anywhere”, he affirmed emphatically. Of course, this clarifies a concept. “We bring players to Real Sociedad because we want 60% of our footballers to get used to it. Anyone who spends three years with us is one of us.”
A big but
One of the big buts of his stay, for him, was not being able to secure some players. “All generations need to be represented. And we were upset because we didn’t put together any of the 98, or because recently we didn’t manage to raise a goalkeeper”, he explained.
About imanol, is full of praise. “The importance of this is absolute. He is a boy from Orio who has lived what Sanse means, the first team and what it means to be fired because someone thinks you are not for Real and you have to find your life” he said.
The future, however, is unknown to the man from Vitoria. “I have no idea if we will continue working with a ratio of 80-20, because Guipúzcoa has 700,000 inhabitants and 5,000 born a year. Maybe at some point you have to change, but it must be intentional”.
Source: La Verdad
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