Jagoba Arrasate is already the new coach of the RCD Mallorca. Despite having everything tied up for several weeks, it was not until early this morning when the vermilion club did it official. The Berriatua coach signs for the coming seasons and will be linked to the Mallorcan entity until June 30, 2027.
Arrasate arrives on the island after a successful six-year spell at Osasuna, which he managed to promote to LaLiga in his first season. After this, the Biscayan managed to establish the Navarrese club in the elite, which he took to compete in the preliminary phase of a European competition, the UEFA Conference League, placed it in the final of the 2023 Copa del Rey and played in the Spanish Super Cup 2024. Previously, Arrasate coached other clubs such as Numancia or Real Sociedad.
To his 46 years takes the reins of the Majorcan team, which in addition to LaLiga and the Copa del Rey, will play in the Spanish Super Cup.
The Basque coach, in statements collected by the club, acknowledges that the excitement of working on a new project is what led him to sign for Mallorca. “I think all coaches are about challenges and projects. It’s something we say many times, but it’s not easy to find in professional football. And after this wonderful time in Osasuna, for which I am very grateful to everyone the people of Pamplona, now we undertake another challenge, another project, and I am very excited because that is what a coach wants: to build something“he points out.
Arrasate highlights the growth of the club in recent years. “I think Mallorca It is an emerging club. The last few years prove it. And above all because it offers me confidence, a project. I believe that when I have had the possibility of being with them, in the end what the coach likes is to feel loved and they have transmitted that interest and that project to me as well,” he highlights.
The one from Berriatua recognizes that the three-year contract gives him room to work. “Temporality is very important because I believe that The three years give me room to be able to build something from something that I have been able to inherit., which is very good. And I’m not going to deceive you either, family is very important to me and we also understand that family is going to be fine in Mallorca.”
Although his official presentation to the media will not be until next Tuesday, June 18, the coach already explains that he is working on the preseason and planning: “I’m kind of liberated. It’s not easy, first, to give that news Then live with that news and then make it official where you are going to go. Once those times or that process occur, you feel liberated and eager to get started. Fully immersed in preseason and planning, and when a coach immerses himself in those things he quickly gets excited again.”
Finally, Arrasate wanted to highlight the work of Javier Aguirre during his stay on the island. “The first thing is to evaluate the work of recent years. In this case, that of Javier Aguirre as well, since I believe that I inherit a consolidated team and with a few years already in the First Division,” he says, while reaffirming his idea of watching a recognizable team. “What I want to contribute is a bit of my nuance and my idea of watching football. I think we will not lack enthusiasm. I want a recognizable team. In previous years I have been able to achieve it and the idea is to do the same in Mallorca. A team that is already consolidated and that is already a good team, trying to take it to higher quotas, knowing that it is difficult, but we go with that hope,” he concludes.
2024-06-10 09:15:32
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