Mendilibar, on Nyland: “There are others, but they won’t come so soon”

Sevilla’s coach Jose Luis Mendilibarhas defended the Norwegian signing Orjan Nyland as the second goalkeeper. The environment and the fans questioned the quality of football of the player, who arrived at zero cost after playing very little last season at Red Bull Leipzig.

“He is one of the possible goalkeepers. They asked the goalkeeping coach for advice and Jose Silva gave good reports about him. He was on the list and he came. We chose him. There were a few more, but they didn’t arrive that early. He gave us a good feeling in the first training session. Let’s see…”, commented the Basque coach in the press conference before his team’s second league match against Alavés in Mendizorroza.

Mendilibar analyzed the current situation of Sevilla, such as the injury of players such as marked, a footballer who since his arrival at the club has been almost unavailable to coach for medical reasons. “It’s not that I relapsed. This is an injury that over a long period of time, in the end it’s not good. He trained but did not complete any group training. The doctors are doing various tests so that he can train properly and not fall again. We must try not to repeat it,” he said.

The coach identified his rival, Alavés, and in a stadium to fight his opponent. “They lost the first game. They play directly. Sometimes they switch to three defenders, four… They have a lot of people who help them a lot. We have to be pretty psyched. Mendizorroza will be full and we must be convinced that we can win thinking that we have to run a lot”.

Mendilibar also clarified the relationship with Suso and the penalty shootout in the European Super Cup. “Without any misunderstanding, I have talked to him, nothing is happening, vice versa. He is a player who will give us and he has to give us, we are happy with him. We’ve talked, period. We have high hopes that he will give us a lot. That’s why he’s with us, because we believe in him.”