Pepelu said the signing until 2032 is "the best decision"

midfielder pepelu garcia explanation on Tuesday, during his contract renewal until 2032who made the best possible decision and admitted that he hopes to be one of the team’s benchmarks, with the goal of promotion as a priority.

“I know the road has been very complicated and long, but in the end it is appreciated. I made a decision that was super calm and convinced. I took that the best decision, I am where I want to be ”, Pepelu told the media at the presentation press conference.

“It was quite a decision. important for me. I will change my future and this is a process we have long begun to talk about. The balance was tilted towards Levante because it is very special to me and I am staying here, at home ”, he added.

The Valencia player, from 23 years, he preferred not to confirm if he rejected the others offers during negotiations to extend his contract for the next ten seasons and stressed that his priority would be to focus on the Levante project and move forward with First division.

“To make a decision you have to put a lot of things on the table. It’s a project exciting and that he can live that challenge being an important player … This club deserves to be in the top category and with the project we will start, it will be achieved ”, he commented.

“A contract for ten seasons is not for all players”

Levante sports director Felipe Miñambres admitted on Tuesday that Pepelu García’s new contract for the next ten seasons could not be proposed to other players and stressed that with Valencian he feels he can “deposit the that trust “.

“It was an idea that came from his agency and I thought it was very good. This is not a contract for all players, there are players where one can trust, where one sees and sees things that can make you better ”, Miñambres told the media at the launch of the contract by Pepelu until 2032.

Levante’s sports director admitted that it had not been an easy negotiation. “It’s a difficult process, very long and laborious but with a happy ending. When the ending is good, it’s fun for everyone”, he commented.

“As the games went on, I played better. I’m a bit heavy on his agents ”, joked Felipe, who admitted that now is not the time to think about the future but the present.

“You don’t know if it’s a seven, ten or half year contract, but we’re happy to join this ten year. Then we’ll see what can happen, but we’re convinced it’s a good decision for him and for the club. , “he declared.

For Miñambres, the fact that Levante is in the Second Division “is a good opportunity” for Pepelu. “I think it will have more growth. The future will tell where he comes from with his qualities and where we will come from”, he concluded.

“We will have a very good team. If I can be one of the benchmarks, I will be happier ”, said Pepelu, who admitted that he is excited to be a captain. “It’s going to be special, but there are already captains”, the footballer admits.

When asked about his future at the club, Pepelu commented that he prefers it think momentarily. “Being a legend is big word at a club, to reach that you have to achieve short -term goals,” concluded Pepelu, who wanted to thank Levante employees who helped him with his arrival at the club ten years ago. .

For his part, the president of LevanteQuico Catalan, acknowledged that in the negotiations to renew Pepelu “there are moments messy”, But he preferred to keep the happiness that Valencian continuity meant for him personally.

“It was a beautiful day and I wanted it thanks to your agents the confidence to understand that the best place for Pepe is this house. We are ten years old and we will last another ten years. That you believe you got it by the hand and you enjoyed it, ”he told her.