“There was never a Hummels case.”repeated today the director of football of MallorcaPablo Ortellsduring the press conference he held with the commercial director Alfonso Diaz to analyze the end of the transfer market. “We have covered the needs of the staff” assured Ortells, who lamented that “the market does not close with the start of competition, as would be logical.”
“It has been a long and complicated market – the manager stressed – and all the sporting directors have agreed on this point. Except for two or three, Almost all clubs have made little investment. “Maybe in the future the conditions imposed on salary caps should be a little more open.” Ortells said it was not the most sensible “that there are players who have already played in two teams in the four days that we have had in the League.”
Regarding the Mallorca team, he says he is “happy” because “we were very clear about what we needed and we went there in agreement with the coach, with whom I have a very fluid relationship. We agreed on everything based on what we thought the team needed. “Now it’s time to compete.”
Ortells, who said the remaining free token would not be used in principle “because the team is closed”, defended the quality of the six players who arrived, “which we believe will bring us a lot.and explains that three of them arrived at the very end “because the market is going like this”. If it had closed with the start of the League, they would have arrived here much earlier, but these are the rules of the game and not only for Mallorca, but for everyone.
Regarding proper names, he admitted that Rodri was a clear target “He was a player who suited us well,” but who could not leave Betis. “He stayed there and he plays.” However, he assured that “we we are still working on different options in case we don’t get out.
” RRobert Navarro He signed for just one season because it suited both parties – he explained – while he Chiquinho And Valery “Mallorca has a purchase option.” The director of Mallorca football insisted that “they are going to help us a lot, if they are here it is because we are convinced of it.” Finally, he admitted that he had been asked a renewal offer to Nastasic “which he did not accept” and then “there was a change of coach and circumstances took us on different paths. “We are convinced that with the four central defenders we have, we are well covered.”
For your part Alfonso Diazcommercial director of the club, explained that “What we had was invested.”and said in this regard that “not everything that is earned can be used for expenses because there are collection and payment deadlines.” Díaz stressed the importance of “being in the First Division” and, regarding the project, he recalled that “it is a long-term plan in which We start with permanence as the first objective. If you remember how we were four years ago, you will see how much we have grown.
