Jagoba Arrasate, new coach of RCD Mallorca | KDD Mallorca

Jagoba Arrasate becomes the new coach of RCD Mallorca. The Basque coach signs a contract that will keep him with the Varilion club until June 30, 2027.

Arrasate arrived on the island after a successful six-year stint with Osasuna, who he managed to lead to La Liga in his first season. After that, the Biscayan managed to secure the Navarrean club in the elite, with which he competed in the preliminary stage of the European UEFA Conference League tournament, took it to the final of the 2023 Copa del Rey and played in the Spanish championship. Super Bowl 2024. Previously, Arrasate coached other clubs such as Numancia or Real Sociedad.

At 46, he takes over the reins of a Mallorca team that will play in the Spanish Super Cup in addition to La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

RCD Mallorca wishes Arrasata good luck on the island.

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Statements by Jagoba Arrasate

“I think all coaches are challenge and project oriented. We talk about this a lot, but it’s not easy to find in professional football. And after this wonderful time in Osasuna, for which I am very grateful to all the people of Pamplona, ​​​Now we are taking on another challenge, another project and I am very excited because this is what the coach wants: to build something.”

“I think Mallorca is a developing club. The last few years have shown this. And above all, because it gives me confidence, the project. I think that when I have a chance to be with them, in the end, what a coach likes is to feel dear, and they passed on this interest to me, and this project is also very important because I think these three years give me the opportunity to build something from what I was able to inherit. very good and I’m not going to deceive you. “Family is very important to me and we also understand that the family in Mallorca will be fine.”

“I feel a little liberated. It’s not easy to break the news at first. Then live with the news and then officially announce where you are going to go. Once these moments or this process occurs, the person feels liberated and wants to get fully involved in the pre-season preparation and planning, and when the coach dives into these things, he quickly becomes inspired again.”

“The first thing to do is to evaluate the work of recent years. In this case, including Javier Aguirre, since I believe that I inherited a solid team that has been playing in the First Division for several years. And what I want to add is a little bit of my nuances and my idea of ​​​​watching football. I think we won’t have enough enthusiasm. I need a recognizable team. I have managed to achieve this in previous years and the idea is to do the same in Mallorca. . A team that is already consolidated and is already a good team to try to raise its quotas, knowing that it is difficult, but we go with that hope.”