Live broadcast on August 24 news SELTA coach Benitez was interviewed. He talked about the situation against Real Madrid and the Premier League.
Benitez: “I came to Spain with my experience in Italy, especially in England, which helped me to express my views while knowing the facts. We hope that La Liga will become the biggest league. I don’t know what will happen, but our La Liga is far behind the Premier League at present. It hurts me to say it, but it’s the truth. We are trying to make football very attractive to the audience. We want to put the camera in the dressing room. In Italy, the players hid in the physiotherapy room and bathroom after the match. You have to capture some information from the camera, which can give you some auxiliary references, but when you have a microphone, your speech is different from when you don’t have a microphone, all this is a bit of fiction. Everything is copied from the Premier League, but there is a lot of money behind the Premier League. Reporters, media, and those of us who want to comment on the game.”
Where do we need to improve?
“On the court, with top players, this is what the audience wants to see, but not two teams. They hope that six to eight teams can compete for the championship. If you bring Bellingham and pay 120,000,000 euros, we may spend two weeks talking about how good he is, but we have already paid 120,000,000 euros for it, if we are still discussing whether we can pay 100000 euros more in terms of financial control, it will be difficult for the League to develop. You are bringing in players abandoned by the Premier League every year. You are selling your best players every year, but you cannot continue to improve them because you have to constantly bet on young people, they need time. When they grow up, you will sell them.”
“This is the current norm, the first defender of financial control I am, because it has saved many teams and will continue to save many teams, but a balance must be found. If SELTA has made great efforts to eliminate debts and there is a situation where you have your money and possibilities, you can’t sell your best players all day to develop the team, it shouldn’t be like that. We are rewarding those teams with resources but poor management because they have made many mistakes, but they still have income. We are punishing teams like SELTA, they manage well from an economic point of view.”
About the absence of kurtuva?
“Lu Ning is also very good as a gate. For CAPA, I think he has completed the most expensive goalkeeper transfer in history. Kurtuva is the first for me, but Capa is also an outstanding goalkeeper, and Lu Ning also did a good job. I think the position of Real Madrid goalkeeper is relatively less affected, because they are also less affected and shot.”
About Bellingham?
“I have friends in Birmingham. I know his brother. He has gone to Sunderland now. We have also paid attention to Bellingham’s career. He is a player who has been considered to have great potential. Of course, when you pay more than 0.1 billion euros for a player, he must be excellent. When you pay 45 million euros for 19-year-old players like venius and Rodrigo, you already know that you are signing an excellent player. This is the advantage of a team that has the ability to spend money. Even if they are wrong, it is the same. Another person will come, he will do well, and we will talk about him.”
Meet Real Madrid again?
“I have played for Real Madrid since I was 13 years old. I have been a player for many years and then a coach for many years. Later, I came back at another stage. This is certainly a special match. Real Madrid is a great club. They have a great coach, which is one of the keys. It is necessary for him to coach for many years, because he has done a good job and handsome an knows how to manage a team.”
During his coaching of Real Madrid?
“We signed Casemiro, Lucas and Kovacic. There are many very professional players there, which is why they have such a long career in the top league. I hope Real Madrid can calm down tomorrow and don’t make our life too bad.”
(eagle)
