Behind Aguirre, there is Javier. The coach’s presentation press conference did not disappoint: the Vasco is the Vasco, and if Braulio had wanted a funeral, he would not have called him. Beyond the relaxed and often sarcastic tone, the Mexican delivered several messages carrying real weight.
His remarks first kept the mood lively: “Tell me your name, son,” “This stadium is scary as hell,” “You journalists do not even look alike in the whites of your eyes,” and “Don’t tell me, you bastard, so I can see whether I hit him on the head with a frying pan.” He also told Imma, “Please, reframe your question,” before ending in an equally offbeat register: “All I’m missing is the wooden leg and the parrot on my shoulder.”
The Galician standing beside his major bet to pull Valencia out of its crisis kept smiling and even laughed on several occasions during the more than 45 minutes of questions put to the coach. But beyond the style, Aguirre often showed Javier, with direct, profound and unvarnished messages.
“I don’t want to talk, I want to win,” he said. “I don’t want anyone beside me who is not hurt by losing,” and with this shirt, “you cannot wander around the pitch.” This time, there were fewer smiles. “At a club like Valencia, you cannot wander around the pitch,” Javier Aguirre insisted.
His warning was aimed at both the players and the club, in the face of an identified lack of standards that has led Valencia to flirt with relegation, to the point where the situation may have appeared normal. All the club’s men’s and women’s teams are in relegation positions, without it seeming to trigger a reaction. There was room for jokes and good humour, but Javier was tough about what he had found.
The Mexican also refused to play along with talk of a stated or numerical objective. “Here, we do not need messages or objectives: we need to win,” he said. He also made clear that knowing players such as Copete or Mafeo does not get anyone closer to the pitch. “Not at all, you will get to know me,” he added.
Aguirre spoke about the injured players, their sad faces and a psychological recovery process that has already begun, as well as his method and his sole obsession: winning. He acknowledged there would be no money for major signings and stressed the role of the academy, naming the four players who have made their debuts: it must serve a purpose beyond setting up social-media accounts for them.
Source : Marca
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