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Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 3.
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Here's his El Pais interview (well, part of it) in perfectly translated English:
Question. How would you define your achievements at Málaga?
Answer. We arrived at a difficult moment [in November 2010] but the second half of the season we were among the best of the Liga teams. We got out of a hole and after a big investment the following season we were able to compete with Valencia, Atlético, Villarreal, Athletic and Sevilla. We qualified for the Champions League and this year was unforgettable, with Málaga able to compete on an even footing with any team in Europe.
Q. Have you received an explanation for the way things have gone at Málaga?
A. I didn't ask for one and I didn't get one. I am grateful for the trust placed in me by the owner but from a sporting viewpoint the path the board has chosen is not the best one. I couldn't continue to be a part of it. I have to say my authority was never questioned by the owners and after the sale of [Santi] Cazorla and [Salomón] Rondón they made a nice gesture.
Q. What was that?
A. I asked them to stop dismantling the team. After the two players mentioned, they planned to sell people such as [Jérémy] Toulalan, Joaquín, [Martín] Demichelis and [Júlio] Baptista. I told them that without these players we would not be able to compete and they stopped the sales. I recognize that, but the project was definitively undermined with the sale of [Nacho] Monreal in January. It was then I realized we would not be able to compete for a place in the Champions League.
Q. Which of Villarreal, Madrid and Málaga has the best model?
A. Villarreal has the ideal model, an example in every aspect. It was relegated but it has good infrastructure in sporting and administrative terms. I feel for Real Madrid because every year it makes enormous investments but doesn't know how to focus them because it lacks a clear model of management as an institution. It hasn't worked because of excessive authority and mistrust between people at the club. Málaga has no model at all. There was an idea and a big investment but the base was never there to move it into the future.
Q. What happened at Madrid?
A. I don't know if my image from the outside is of a submissive or weak coach but I don't need people at board level to be sacked to be able to change things. What I do need is that the club believes in my ideas. At Madrid they didn't. I wanted to keep [Arjen] Robben and [Wesley] Sneijder and I think it was a huge mistake to sell them. Time has proved me right. Robben is a European champion and Sneijder was in 2010, when both were also runners-up at the World Cup. But I left Madrid with a clear conscience. We played well and fought with a great Barcelona team to the end.
Q. Falcao is leaving, maybe Isco too, and Barça has signed Neymar. The two-team league seems eternal...
A. There is no possibility of breaking the status quo. The difference in income is astronomic and it will only get worse. In 2004, when I arrived in Spain, Valencia, Atlético and Sevilla were as competitive as Madrid. Even Betis was buying expensive players. Now the possibility of competition is zero.
Q. Do you have any regrets?
A. That I never won a title in Spain, especially with Real Madrid. I had won titles in every country I had worked before. It's also not easy to be [Liga] runners-up with Villarreal or to take such a team to the Champions League semifinals. What we achieved with Málaga this season is also worthy of merit. But I never won anything, it's true. It's been nine years in a country that has embraced me warmly. Even in Madrid I felt the affection of the people despite what I saw as a systematic campaign to provoke my departure. It will be strange not to be part of La Liga.
Here's his El Pais interview (well, part of it) in perfectly translated English:
Question. How would you define your achievements at Málaga?
Answer. We arrived at a difficult moment [in November 2010] but the second half of the season we were among the best of the Liga teams. We got out of a hole and after a big investment the following season we were able to compete with Valencia, Atlético, Villarreal, Athletic and Sevilla. We qualified for the Champions League and this year was unforgettable, with Málaga able to compete on an even footing with any team in Europe.
Q. Have you received an explanation for the way things have gone at Málaga?
A. I didn't ask for one and I didn't get one. I am grateful for the trust placed in me by the owner but from a sporting viewpoint the path the board has chosen is not the best one. I couldn't continue to be a part of it. I have to say my authority was never questioned by the owners and after the sale of [Santi] Cazorla and [Salomón] Rondón they made a nice gesture.
Q. What was that?
A. I asked them to stop dismantling the team. After the two players mentioned, they planned to sell people such as [Jérémy] Toulalan, Joaquín, [Martín] Demichelis and [Júlio] Baptista. I told them that without these players we would not be able to compete and they stopped the sales. I recognize that, but the project was definitively undermined with the sale of [Nacho] Monreal in January. It was then I realized we would not be able to compete for a place in the Champions League.
Q. Which of Villarreal, Madrid and Málaga has the best model?
A. Villarreal has the ideal model, an example in every aspect. It was relegated but it has good infrastructure in sporting and administrative terms. I feel for Real Madrid because every year it makes enormous investments but doesn't know how to focus them because it lacks a clear model of management as an institution. It hasn't worked because of excessive authority and mistrust between people at the club. Málaga has no model at all. There was an idea and a big investment but the base was never there to move it into the future.
Q. What happened at Madrid?
A. I don't know if my image from the outside is of a submissive or weak coach but I don't need people at board level to be sacked to be able to change things. What I do need is that the club believes in my ideas. At Madrid they didn't. I wanted to keep [Arjen] Robben and [Wesley] Sneijder and I think it was a huge mistake to sell them. Time has proved me right. Robben is a European champion and Sneijder was in 2010, when both were also runners-up at the World Cup. But I left Madrid with a clear conscience. We played well and fought with a great Barcelona team to the end.
Q. Falcao is leaving, maybe Isco too, and Barça has signed Neymar. The two-team league seems eternal...
A. There is no possibility of breaking the status quo. The difference in income is astronomic and it will only get worse. In 2004, when I arrived in Spain, Valencia, Atlético and Sevilla were as competitive as Madrid. Even Betis was buying expensive players. Now the possibility of competition is zero.
Q. Do you have any regrets?
A. That I never won a title in Spain, especially with Real Madrid. I had won titles in every country I had worked before. It's also not easy to be [Liga] runners-up with Villarreal or to take such a team to the Champions League semifinals. What we achieved with Málaga this season is also worthy of merit. But I never won anything, it's true. It's been nine years in a country that has embraced me warmly. Even in Madrid I felt the affection of the people despite what I saw as a systematic campaign to provoke my departure. It will be strange not to be part of La Liga.
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Re: Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 2.
The Engineer
Love his nickname. Long may it continue at City.
The Engineer
Love his nickname. Long may it continue at City.
Re: Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 2.
The question is: which player made you laugh the most?
bluemathlady said:Bodicoteblue said:Which of our players have torn smiles?
What does that mean? Is it something thats not as easly translated into english?
The question is: which player made you laugh the most?
Re: Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 2.
As long as he 'Engineers us the title' I'll be happy with that.BlueAnorak said:The Engineer
Love his nickname. Long may it continue at City.
Re: Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 2.
Jose can fuck right off.
Marvin said:From the Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ster-city-says-manuel-pellegrini-8636800.html
A move to the Premier League will put Pellegrini up against one of his current La Liga foes, Jose Mourinho. The Chelsea-bound Real Madrid manager famously said he could not be compared to Pellegrini, his predecessor at Madrid, because if he was fired he would not "end up at Malaga".
But Pellegrini said: "If we meet again then there will be no problem with Mourinho. We are two very different people who just happen to do the same job. We have two different ways of behaving and of going about doing that job. I was proud to come to Malaga; it was one of the best decisions I have ever made."
Jose can fuck right off.
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Re: Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 2.
can't wait for the official announcement. the guy excites me.
can't wait for the official announcement. the guy excites me.
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Ah, thanks :)
LEDC said:bluemathlady said:Bodicoteblue said:Which of our players have torn smiles?
What does that mean? Is it something thats not as easly translated into english?
The question is: which player made you laugh the most?
Ah, thanks :)
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Same here we have all the parts just need a good engineer to put it all togetherde niro said:can't wait for the official announcement. the guy excites me.
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Re: Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 2.
Not winning any trophies during his time in Spain means that he'll be hungry for success when he joins City. That's the silver lining.
Not winning any trophies during his time in Spain means that he'll be hungry for success when he joins City. That's the silver lining.
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