ANDl president of the Betis, Angel Haro, has valued very positively the first third of the course completed by his team, which occupies the fifth place in the league standings and is mathematically classified for the knockout rounds of the UEFA Europa League, and has launched a message of confidence in Manuel Pellegrini, whose contract is committed to renewing. During an interview at the Be, the businessman has delved into numerous current affairs of the Verdiblanco club.
Satisfied with Pellegrini’s work
“With Pellegrini we see that he is happy and the idea is to be able to speak before the end of the season. The figure of the coach is key. He is the most important around a football team. He has a background of success. He is calm and everything. He does thinking. He has the appropriateness to be a great coach. We play golf and sometimes he and sometimes I win. “
Engineer Renewal
“We would like to discuss the issue of his renewal with Pellegrini because having a coach in his last year is not the smart thing. I would like to have Pellegrini renewed before the end of the season. When you are in a final year you think about other things and the logical thing is that we talk before the end of the season, especially if he is happy here. Manuel has many years as a coach ahead of him. “
Renewal of Pellegrini … and also of Fekir?
“They are both happy in Seville, doing a great job. I am optimistic with Fekir, there is dialogue with him, he is happy and the circumstances arise. The austerity policy is one of signings. The players get paid and they have their salary. If there aren’t any divestments, other players will not be able to come. There are no circumstances to think that he will not be able to renew “.
I am optimistic with Fekir, there is dialogue with him, he is happy and the circumstances exist
Joaquín’s future
“He is a magnificent Betis ambassador. Now as a player and when he is not, I would like him to continue. It is a Betis brand. Everything he does has worldwide repercussion. He is still playing and I would like to talk about his future when he is not there. In Elche he gave a magnificent pass. It all depends. We joke and maybe he plays more and we don’t know. We have to wait for the season to end. “
Will you offer the renewal to Tello?
“As you know this type of thing we work with the Sports Directorate and the coach, when the time comes we will define it. Tello has a lot of quality, when he comes out with that quality he is a different player. I like him and he is also a very good kid, a good person, but I’m not the one who makes the line-ups. The one who renews? Neither, they are made based on sporting criteria. “
Is it good not to renew contracts that end?
“Neither good nor bad, there are players who are not in the last year but we have to face them as a renewal. We must also have respect for the players who may want to continue their careers in another place due to circumstances … Each person is different. “.
I like Tello and he’s also a very good kid, but I’m not the one who makes the lineups
Do you miss the figure of Serra in derbies?
“I don’t think it has to do with people who are not at Betis now at all. In the Ciudad Deportiva there is ambition, the desire to work. The derby was a strange game, we were not comfortable, Sevilla had the ball, but not in danger zones. And there was a totally decisive expulsion. I am convinced that in the next derby we will compete and achieve a positive result. “
The Europa League or the Cup?
“The Europa League is a very complicated competition, it has become even more difficult by creating the Conference League. Teams at the level of the Champions semi-finals can fall there. We have options, we do not have to choose. The years where Betis was in Europe It was weakening in the League, but it is showing that we can be up and why not continue until the end “.
The years where Betis was in Europe faltered in the League, but it is showing that we can be up
Do you dream of reaching the Champions League?
“Betis has to dream of important objectives, to be up and fighting for the maximum. Florentino says it has a path, I think it has little. But if they transform it into something different where meritocracy comes into play, we will have to see it” .
The most profitable for a football club
“The results in LaLiga of the last five years are taken into account. What makes up for it is to be at the top, increase your ordinary income to have a stable structure of sports staff and grow with good sales. In a normal company you want to optimize the profit and here , without giving losses, optimize sports performance. You must increase your ordinary income a lot. If you have a sudden drop like with covid you cannot reduce your expenses because they are assets. If you sell them below their net book value you have more losses. You cannot have a quick answer in these situations, in a company you can “.
What is wrong with arbitration in Spain?
“Referees have a very complicated job, no one speaks well of refereeing. What would be necessary is greater communication. You have to be understanding with the refereeing error, but explanations to a club would be necessary when an error occurs. Naturally, it would help to understand. In the criteria as well, but it is not advisable to change them during the year, this season is not happening, others are. It would favor good referee communication between the clubs and the refereeing establishment. “
You have to be understanding with the arbitration error, but explanations would be necessary when an error occurs
Do you think that the VAR is being useful?
“There are times when the VAR is not that it enters. If a referee sees a contact and it has not seemed sufficient, in the VAR they only tell him that there has been contact. If he has not seen it, he has to enter the VAR. That is the explanation that they have given me when I have asked, situations that Betis has experienced “.
Appointment of Medina Cantalejo
“It is good that someone from the city and Andalusia, who has only had one case on an interim basis, is the president of the referees. It is clear that he sympathizes with or is a supporter of Sevilla, but above all there is honesty and I trust in his. The rest is secondary. When I have spoken with him there has been a polite and correct relationship and people speak very highly of him “.
Will the arbitration with Medina Cantalejo improve?
“I hope so. There was a time when I had a fluid dialogue with Velasco Carballo, then not, probably because of both of them, because he asked for explanations that were not given. And I hope they are given now because Luis is a person of dialogue. It does not mean that you have to make statements, but when there is an error or a misinterpretation a club needs to be explained what has happened. “
Has Betis been judged correctly?
“Historically I think we have a must, we have had more bad than good refereeing performances, it is an impression as a fan. But it is perhaps due to the impact it has on more important clubs, by the media themselves. At Betis it has been Minor, when there have been unexplained referee errors, complaining was of a losing team, when it happens to others it is no longer from a losing team and one can complain. At Betis, I personally understand that there have been manifest errors. But I don’t think that none are intentional. “
Are you referring to Sevilla’s complaints?
“I’m not saying it for Sevilla, I say it for any of the clubs up there, who say they don’t talk about the referees except when they think there is a mistake and then they do talk about the referees. We see it constantly, in Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla … I can also include Betis. We have not talked about the referees for a long time, but there has been time with manifest errors in which we have said it. “
