Javier Calleja says goodbye to his time as coach of Deportivo Alavés. The bad results that the team has achieved in the last month -a point out of fifteen possible-, conceding many goals -it is the third most thrashed team in the League- and conceding too much to his rivals, added to the elimination in the Copa del Rey at the hands of Linares Deportivo, a team of First RFEF, have ended up exhausting the patience of the board of the Albiazul club.
The announcement has not been made official, but as pointed out by media such as Cadena Cope or Onda Cero, the publication of the termination will be made on January 1. This is due, as Cope explained, to a clause in the contract that linked the club with the coach until 2023. Said clause would entitle Deportivo Alavés to dismiss the Madrilenian without having to pay him the settlement corresponding to the following season, due to the fact that the team you will find yourself in declining positions in the year 2022.
Mendilíbar sounds
It must be taken into account that On January 2, Alavés has a league match against Real SociedadTherefore, if the information is correct, the club would be without a coach until the day before that league commitment. As for the replacement, everything points to José Luis Mendilibar is the chosen one to replace the Madrilenian as coach of the entity of Cervantes walk. He will be the eleventh coach to pass through Vitoria since 2015.
A) Yes, Calleja will have to leave Deportivo Alavés after arriving last season after the dismissal of Abelard, and managed to save the team at the last moment. Thanks to that achievement, the club offered him a two-year contract, and The Madrilenian became the coach of the Albiazules until 2023.
The news of this dismissal has not been liked at all within the fans, since Calleja quickly became one of the most beloved figures on the squad, and the Alavesistas trusted him to save themselves this campaign.
Bad start to the season
That success led him to renew his contract with Glorioso for two more seasons, until 2023, but the coach has stayed no credit after closing the year in declining positions with 15 points in 18 games.
The latest results in which you have only achieved one point out of 15 possible and the elimination of the Copa del Rey against Linares Deportivo have precipitated the departure of the coach, who has not managed to find the key to achieve the continuity of a squad able to tie at Camp Nou and Sánchez Pizjuán, but that has not finished offering good feelings in the last month of competition.
To date, the Basque team is the third most thrashed team with 29 conceded goals, only surpassed by Cádiz and Levante and is the second with the fewest goals, 15, three more than Getafe.
