Ernest Valverde is the consensus candidate of Athletic’s presidency candidacies led by Ricardo Barkala Y Jon Uriarte. This has just been made public by both plates simultaneously.
In this way, the Viandar de la Vera coach would complete his third stage in San Mamés in the event that the president of the Port of Bilbao or the Biscayan businessman win the elections this Friday. He was already in charge of the lions in the periods 2003-04 / 2004-05 and 2013-14 / 2016-17.
The candidacy of the Portuguese player has accompanied the press release with a video of his time as an Atletico player and coach, while that of the Bilbao player with the following slogans: “We are going to work for a champion Athletic / We have the best person for it / Get to know our home / Meet our soccer DNA / Meet our people / He brought us the first title in 31 years / The best league ranking for 24 years / And above all, Ernesto is Athletic.
The third candidate in the running, Inaki Arechabaletahas opted for Marcelo Bielsa. The Argentine would fulfill his second stage at the head of the lions. The sporting director of the Deusto executive is still unknown. Barkala I bet you Ramon Plans Y Jon Uriarte has broken the agreement he had with him Carlos Avina after verifying the veracity of the homophobic and sexist tweets published ten years ago by the Mexican.
Iraia Iturregi has obtained the consensus of the three candidates to continue next season at the helm of Athletic Women after doing a great job in the 2020-21 campaign, when he relieved Angel Villacampa in January 2021 due to poor results, and also in 2021-22, keeping the team in the top positions of the Iberdrola League.
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