MADRID, 17 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
This Friday, the Athletic Club coach, Ernesto Valverde, extended his relationship for one season, the ninth in his career as a ‘lion’ and the third under the presidency of Jon Uriarte, following a season in which he won the Copa del Rey and also has qualified to play in the Europa League during the 2024/25 season.
“The legend of Ernesto Valverde continues,” Athletic Club said with a statement on its website. “The agreement, which includes the continuity of his coaching staff, was signed this afternoon in San Mamés with the president and the general director of Football, Mikel González, as witnesses,” stated the same press release.
“The man from Gasteiz, who has qualified for the club in Europe for the sixth time and will lead the lions in continental competition for the fifth time, will overcome the barrier of 400 official matches with Athletic in the next campaign, since he will be left with 397 at the end. closing of the current financial year,” added the Bilbao press text.
In this sense, the red and white entity has reviewed the trajectory of the ‘Txingurri’. “If we add the games he played as a striker, we are talking about no less than 585, a figure only surpassed by two myths like Jose Angel Iribar (668) and Piru Gainza (636). He has been at the club’s service for no less than 21 years,” Athletic has stressed.
“Beyond his numbers and undeniable results, Valverde’s great merit has been to transform the current Athletic into a team with great offensive ambition and enormous power in San Mamés, where he has only suffered one defeat in 21 games, that of the first day against the champion Real Madrid, with 49 goals for and 20 against,” the note added.
“The men’s first team thus remains in the best hands for a next season with four competitions, although the most immediate objective is to consolidate fifth place in the league in the two remaining rounds,” the Athletic note concluded.
2024-05-17 18:43:14
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