De La Fuente, new Spain coach

Luis de la Fuente, who was appointed coach of the Spanish National Team, was presented to the press.

In the organization held in the Luis Aragonés Hall of the facilities of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) in Madrid, De la Fuente said: “I am very optimistic, I have full confidence in the current and promising players in Spain. I’m just waiting for your time to show myself.” He said.

The Spanish coach said: “I started in professional football when I was 15 years old. I played in the 1st league for 13 years. I have won trophies. I have been working for the federation for 10 years. I saw European championships, Olympic Games. In the last World Cup I worked with 16 players who were in the Spanish team. If there is someone in Spain who knows the past and the future of Spanish football, it is me sitting in front of you”, answered.

De la Fuente, who has a contract until Euro 2024 in Germany, said: “There is something that cannot be negotiated. It is also an idea and a model. I’ll try to include some nuances to develop this view that adapts to all systems. We will continue to grow and develop by interpreting the change that football has experienced”. he said.

After pointing out that he liked the football of Germany, France and Morocco in the World Cup in Qatar, De la Fuente said that there is no perfect team, and that he would benefit from any vision he could bring to the Spanish team at the time. .

SERGIO RAMOS ANSWER

Spanish press, “Sergio Ramos, will he call the team again?” De la Fuente, who is frequently asked questions, said: “I have worked with young footballers who have an age limit until now. Now I have the opportunity to choose any footballer. I don’t close the door on anyone. I am a coach who trusts young talent, but I also trust experienced players who have given us a lot so far. We will not be tied to a birth certificate.” he performed the assessment of it.

RFEF president Luis Rubiales called himself and said: “We are thinking of you.” De la Fuente, who pointed out that he knew that “soccer lives day and day, hour and hour”, that he did not think of being the coach of the national team until the moment he said so, emphasized that from now on he is the first match of the Eurocup group qualifiers that they will play against Norway on March 25.

RUBIALES: A NEW PROJECT HAS STARTED

The president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, said that De la Fuente will begin his functions with the signing of his contract on January 1.

Expressing that they told Luis Enrique on Thursday, December 8 that they would not continue with him, Rubiales said: “There had to be a new project and De la Fuente had to lead it. Luis Enrique did not tell me ‘I want to continue’ because that dialogue did not take place between us. One project finished, now a new one has started”. he said he.

DE LA FUENTE WILL WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A SUPERIOR TEAM

De la Fuente, 61, who spent most of his football career at Athletic Bilbao, worked as a coach in the 2nd or 3rd League teams and in the youth teams.

De la Fuente, who served as coach of the 19 and 20-year-old National Teams within the RFEF body between 2013 and 2022, won the European Championship with the under-19 team in 2015 and the under-21 team in 2019 He won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. He was the head of the winning national team.

Pablo Amo has been appointed as De la Fuente’s assistant in the Spanish team.

The RFEF has announced that Albert Luque has been appointed sports director along with the coach, replacing José Franco Molina. (AA)