“If it’s to talk about Bilbao, go ahead, I have plenty of time. » On the other end of the line, Luis Fernandez’s voice suddenly softened. The ex-PSG coach always claimed that his heart was red and blue. But his time between 1996 and 2000 at the head of Athletic Bilbao made him expand the thrill to include the Basque club’s crest. There, he became a reference still revered today for having taken the team to a second place in La Liga (1998), synonymous with qualification for the Champions League. In Bilbao, Luis Fernandez is, for life, El Machote (the Manly). He remembers his four Basque years with emotion.
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