Enrique Cerezopresident of Atlético Madrid, He spoke about the consultation carried out last weekend to find out if the fans were in favor of changing the current shield for the previous one, a question answered by more than 61,000 members, which led the club to commit to making a new consultation. , this existing one, where the matter is clarified.
“For me, the shield is not an issue that can affect me, it affects me that the team plays well, that it plays badly, that we have good players… We try to pay attention to the majority of the people who love the Athletic. If the majority of people want to change the shield, then we will change it within our possibilities, changing shirts, fonts, etc. ”, he explained in the presentation of a film in which he is a producer.
The president played down the matter and said there would be no problem in returning to the old emblem if that is what the fans want. “But we don’t have a problem with the shield being one or the other. What we tried to do was modernize the shield, as all companies do. People don’t like it? Well, we’ll go back to the other shield. Personally, I don’t care on one shield than the other. The important thing is from Atlético de Madrid and love Atlético in any of its shirts. Does it have straight stripes? Well, straight lines. Does it have curved stripes? Well, there are curved stripes. The important thing is to be Atletico Madrid. Are there people who like the classic, what never goes out of style? Well, okay, whatever they think is appropriate. That’s why we will do this small consultation”, he explained.
“THAT’S WHAT ATHLETICS ARE LIKE”
What did not surprise him was the massive mobilization that took place among the fans because of this matter. “The mobilization? because those in Atletico Madrid That’s how we are. In the most difficult moments we are where we should be. Don’t like this shield? Well, we’re going back to what we used to be, forever, to what we’ve always seen. But let everyone know that what we saw was also not the original when the game was made. Atlético Madrid, that should say it all”, commented a Enrique Cerezo who prefer to focus on sports.
“But hey, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that the team is well, that in a few days they will be back in training, that they will come with the desire and enthusiasm to try to achieve what we did not achieve last year”, he concluded in saying
Source: La Verdad
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