ANDHe is already a former coach of the Alavés, Javi Calleja, sent a message through social networks before the Basque club announced Jose Luis Mendilibar as your substitute. We reproduce the letter in full:
“To the entire Alava family: As you know, today the club has communicated my dismissal and that of my coaching staff from Deportivo Alavés, a decision that I respect, even if I don’t share it, and that is based on the team’s sporting situation. This is the end of a stage that began last April and that has made us grow as professionals and get to know a club and a hobby that we will always carry in our hearts.
Last season we managed to lift the team out of a difficult situation and we are convinced that this year the same would have happened. Despite the financial constraints, the two-year sports project that we started working on last summer, we knew that it would pay off and that we would overcome bad sports streaks, just as we did at the start of the league and in the final stretch of Last season.
We left the team tied on points with salvation and, on top of that, in the First Division. We leave full of gratitude to all those who have had to do with this. Especially to the two templates that we have directed. These players have left their souls for their shirts and have shown us to be an example of honesty and professionalism. To all the club employees, thank you for your treatment and trust. And for you, fans, I have no words. We have had to live very complicated situations and you have shown me what you are. Every time I have jumped to Mendi I have felt like one of you. Thank you for your loyalty and your support. We say goodbye with the satisfaction of having left the best we had for the good of Alavés and with the assurance that we will meet again along the way. Thank you Glorious. I wish you the best, forever“.
