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The first statements of the new owner of Oviedo: “We are here to manage because the owners are the fans”

“We want to give results to the fans.” He says so, affirms Jesús Martínez Patiño, the new owner of Real Oviedo. These are the first words of the Mexican businessman, leader of Grupo Pachuca, after confirming the purchase of part of the shareholding package owned by Grupo Carso. Pachuca keeps 51 percent of the entity and the remaining 49 percent is divided between Carso (20 percent) and the small shareholders (29 percent). “We are very committed, we want to work with great seriousness and integrity, something very important for us,” said the Aztec businessman, who makes it clear that the most important thing is the fans, who must give results.

In statements to Marca Claro, Martínez Patiño addressed several issues:

Bielsa, advisor and model

“We have to replicate, as I have spoken with Marcelo Bielsa, our model. All those who acquire shares of a team are always aware of the sporting and commercial aspect, that is the first thing they sell. Our group is different, for us our model is the most important and special thing. The educational aspect, creating a soccer university in Mexico, seeing so many kids working in the group is a satisfaction, we give them that preparation. Our model will continue to impose itself, for us the most important thing is the social, the educational and, later, the sports and the commercial. It is what we are going to learn, since in the Spanish league they are at another level of structure and business. There is great competition. Going up is very difficult, because you fight with those who go down, who have three times more budget, so it is an important challenge, but we take it on, as I have told Arturo Elías and Don Carlos (Slim). We are going to go with a lot of social responsibility and a lot of responsibility to give results to the fans. We are here to manage because the owners are the fans, they have to judge us so that we don’t get off course. I am very confident. We’re not going to touch anything. The only thing that is touched is the president, who today at the press conference we are going to comment on, he is a leader that I have great affection for and that he is a very capable man. To him we are going to add a full-time administration and finance agent and I have just appointed Jose Ramón Fernández, vice president of the Pachuca group of corporate media. We are not going to remove anyone, the whole structure is there, we are going to add up”.

Conversations with Arturo Elías and Orlegi

“For two years we have been talking to Arturo to have this company, don’t think it’s because now the Oorlegi Group had it, Arturo can confess it, a year ago we didn’t arrive because of a difference of X million euros. Carlos (Slim) is tough negotiating and we couldn’t look bad. I am very pleased that the Orlegi Group, which has worked quite well with its model, our model is very different, they are two models that have been successful and I am very pleased to see people invest in Spain and God willing that these two hobbies have that illusion of being in First”.

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