Orlegi already works in Gijón. Alejandro Irarragorri, president of the board of directors, and Alfonso Villalva, executive director, held a meeting yesterday morning with the mayor of Gijón as part of the imminent purchase of Sporting, which already has the authorization of the Higher Sports Council and is will sign next week, as reported by LA NUEVA ESPAÑA. The operation will close at 43 million euros. The group released a statement in which it highlighted the “collaboration” and the “constructive dialogue” for the “possible acquisition of Sporting” after the meeting with the municipal councilor.
Gray pants, blue jacket, a notebook in hand and permanently attentive to his mobile phone. Alejandro Irarragorri spent his first hours in Gijón yesterday as part of the open process for the purchase of Sporting. Beside him, Alfonso Villalva. Accompanying them, Asun Soriano and Juan Delgado, executive director and head of communication, respectively, of the communication agency Atrevia. It was not the first time that Irarragorri was in Gijón. Before, he had already done it “as a tourist”. “Everything is very nice”, recognized the president of the Orlegi Group to LA NUEVA ESPAÑA during the brief walk he took through the Gijón marina, the Plaza Mayor and the San Lorenzo beach wall.
His presence in the city to meet Ana González lasted five hours. She became active after the Mayor gave her approval, in recent days, to the invitation to present her ideas for the project for Sporting. Taxi at the airport, with a view from the car of El Molinón, stop at the Town Hall, coffee at the marina and a short walk until we return to the airport, with a plane at 1:35 p.m.
“Both parties agree on the will to make a city, building a project that generates emotions, but also sports, economic and social impacts,” said the statement about the meeting between the Mayor and the Orlegi Group. Ana González already warned, weeks ago, of her null intention to contemplate ideas related to real estate speculation.
Alejandro Irarragorri, now back in Madrid, will continue in the capital closely following the end of an operation that will put an end to almost 30 years of links between the Fernández family and Sporting. The change in ownership will affect 73% of the shareholding package controlled by President Javier Fernández. In Madrid, progress has been made this week along the lines of the Orlegi project in Gijón. Irarragorri has surrounded himself with his usual work team: Alfonso Villalva, executive director; Martin Hollaender, financial director, and Gerardo García, from Gijón, whose incorporation into the Orlegi Group and his role as a key player in the Sporting project were exclusively announced by LA NUEVA ESPAÑA. The idea is still that from this Sunday, the 26th, the transfer of powers in sports takes place. Orlegi plans a restructuring of the entire area, with the idea of already introducing changes even in the work of the quarry.
