Dissatisfied Albert Riera is preparing for a clean-up in Celje: The Spaniard has crossed out a poor dozen players from the Slovenian national champion
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The collapse in Bratislava and the defeat in Murska Sobota have marked a rough start for Albert Riera in his new role at the helm of Celje. The Spanish coach did not hide his dissatisfaction after the failure in Fazanerija, and once again confirmed that he will need to “clean house” in the locker room, which he believes has far too many players at his disposal.
“I know what is wrong. But I won’t speak about it publicly; it’s an internal matter that I will address with the players and within the club. I immediately identified what the problem is. Now I have to swallow it. In football, sometimes you eat caviar, and sometimes salami. Right now, we’ll be eating salami, working hard, and solving problems. The players need a big ‘reset’ if we want to progress. That’s why I’m here; I’m not afraid of the challenge. In football, it’s important how you finish, not how you start. We have a lot of work ahead of us,” said the Spanish coach after the match in Murska Sobota.
Regarding the squad reduction, the former coach of Olimpija and Bordeaux, who also worked as an assistant at Galatasaray, added: “I’m here to achieve results, not to make friends. I’m here to win. I will have to make difficult decisions that the players won’t like, but I repeat, I’m here to win. It’s time for tough decisions, but that’s the job.”
Albert Riera is said to have already presented the club’s management with a list of players he does not intend to count on. The list reportedly includes around 10 players, with Nogomania mentioning that Gregor Bajde and Matic Vrbanec are crossed off, and that Tin Matić and Karlo Špeljak are also on the list, which, of course, is no surprise…
This text was automatically translated using AI.
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