“Mallorca is growing and Javier Aguirre is one of its leaders”

Qualification to compete in the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup has put RCD Mallorca in an “unexpected” scenario, as admitted. its CEO, Alfonso Díaz, which highlighted the “leader” role played by the Mexican coach Javier Aguirre in a Balearic club that “continues to grow”, he said.

“The achievements on the field of play confirm the work in the sports area, whose main goal is to stay in the First Division,” he explained. Diaz in EFE.

“When we hired Aguirre (March 2022) the club is in crisis, very close to relegation. We knew his profile fit what we wanted. So then.”

Díaz emphasizes that the status of the former athletes of Mallorca’s American owners (Andy Kohlberg, Steve Nash, Stuart Holden, Steve Kerr) “It helped, because they know how complicated it is to win in the sport.”

He said this in reference to the fact that Mallorca went through a real test in 2017 when they were relegated to Second B amid a great sporting and institutional crisis.

“The new ownership started a great journey by investing in a club with 107 years of history located on a wonderful island, but which is in a complicated situation,” he recalled. Diaz.

After being promoted to the First Division for two years, Mallorca is experiencing one of the best periods in its history. Javier Aguirre on the bench is another claim for possible new ways of economic expansion of the Balearic entity in Mexico and the United States.

The final in Seville on April 6 (Copa del Rey) and the tournament in Saudi Arabia in January 2025 (Spanish Super Cup) will mean an increase in income “unprecedented,” the manager said, for a club with 64 million. budget and salary cap of 60,963,000 euros, (thirteenth among all LaLiga EA Sports clubs).

For playing in the Spanish Super Cup, Mallorca is guaranteed one million euros, an amount that can increase depending on the results they get in Riyadh.

Díaz also highlights other sources of income in the completed comprehensive renovation of the Son Moix stadium, which now has no athletics track, with covers on the stands and spectators sitting 7.5 meters from the playing field.

“In 2016 (in Second B) the club had 8,000 subscribers. Now we have 21,000, 5,000 more than last season and we keep growing. In a five-star stadium like Son Moix, and with big spaces, we invested of about 30 million euros , 24 in construction and the rest in equipment,” explained the manager.

Mallorca are in a sweet moment and are preparing the next steps, such as securing permanence as soon as possible and organizing the travel of the fans to the Copa del Rey final at the La Cartuja stadium, which is expected to be as crowded of the Mestalla in 1998.

“It will be a historic day. Our fans always support us, even in bad weather. We are working so that as many Majorcans as possible can travel,” he stated. Alfonso Diaz.