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Press conference

“We have a viability plan and LaLiga believes in it”

Joaquín Jofre, head of the Legal Department and Human Resources at the Club, and José Luis Pérez Caminero, MCF Sports Director, offered an extensive press conference this Monday to the media at La Rosaleda.

Public appearance

Caminero

“I think it’s something that needed to be done as it wasn’t a normal closing of the transfer window, with the difficulties we’ve had. I believe that, out of respect for our fans, we had to go public and say what’s been going on over the past three months”.

Jofre

“The reason we did it now and not before is because we were waiting to have a meeting, last week, with LaLiga. To present a plan of viability of the Club, we wanted to wait for that. LaLiga wants this plan to be executed, it is in their interest, as well as ours, for Málaga not to have any financial problems. We periodically report all the information to LaLiga, and LaLiga has the information because Málaga provides it to them”. 

Financial situation

Jofre

“We are members of LaLiga and they are extremely interested in resolving our situation. They believe in Málaga as we have already experienced very difficult situations in previous seasons, and we’ve emerged from these difficult situations. That’s why they trust the Club, it’s not the first time unfortunately, that the Club has experienced a very difficult financial situation over the past 10 years. And we’ve always got out of this situation and they believe we can do it”.

Jofre

“We’ve been working since last season on a series of actions for the assumption that the Club doesn’t achieve promotion to the First Division, which was what we all wanted. Clearly, we have to increase revenue and reduce our expenses, like every other company with financial problems”. 

Responsibility

Caminero

“I feel culpable for the part that corresponds to me. I have a role and I come to do a job, and everything that has not been achieved for what I have been contracted for, I feel responsible”.

Jofre

“We are all responsible, everyone is responsible for their own roles. We all have responsibility, of course”.

 

Sports objectives

Caminero

“The objective is to compete, in a very difficult league in which a detail decides a match. That’s our objective, to compete and for the team to be as high up as possible. And during each match we can compete for the three points and see how far we are able to reach at the end of the season”.

 

Message of unity

Jofre

“The message we want to convey is that we need to be more united than ever, amongst us all, to achieve the Club’s objectives and resolve this complex situation. We need everyone’s support, the fans, institutions, everybody… so that all together we achieve the objective”.

Caminero

“At this time, the Club needs the effort and work of everyone now more than ever. Right now, we are playing sportingly and administratively towards where we want Málaga to be next season. This is why everyone has to be united, work hard, fight, and be enthusiastic every day to give the greatest support to the 11 players who go out there every weekend and defend this shirt and this shield. When the season ends, we’ll assess what we’ve done wrong and what we’ve done well. Now’s the time to row in the same direction, above all for the welfare of the Club”.