Eder Sarabia, Setién’s pupil, who wants to bring a “First” to Andorra
Eder Sarabiacoach of the FC Andorrawasted optimism at the press conference to announce his renewal until 2025. “I would love to be the coach that would take FC Andorra to the first division”.
The 42-year-old Bilbao coach arrived at the Andorran club in January 2021 and the team played in the old Spanish second B (the current First RFEF). He was currently in sixth position after 17 days played in the SmartBank League. “We are going to try that promotion to first class with all the enthusiasm in the world. Of course, what we are experiencing is already incredible and unimaginable that in such a short time we are in such a privileged situation,” Sarabia said at a press conference.
sarabia, former second coach of Quique Setién is Las Palmas, Real Betis and Barça, left a message of prudence. “We will go step by step and enjoy the journey. You have to look back many times to know where we came from. On the horizon it is clear that the challenge is to continue growing and also move up to first.”
Negotiations for its renewal since contract expired on June 30 They started at the start of the season. His agent is her sister, Oihane. “When you face a negotiation during the season you always tend to delay a bit. Everything has been very easy and one of the things I learned from Quique when he was at Lugo is that he gave importance to familiarity, closeness and how simple everything is in a club like this. Here we all have a clear path forward.”
And why until 2025?
“I told my sister renewed for five years and Jaume Nogués (sports director of FC Andorra) did not respond for 10 years. I think it is the smartest decision for two more years since it will require us to be hungrier and more demanding. I would like to stay here for the rest of my life, but a short contract means that we are hungrier as the seasons go by.”
Eder Sarabia began the press conference with a few words in Catalan and was moved when he spoke about his partner, Mònica Bernaus, whom he met here in the country and who is the sister of a former Andorran professional player from Elche or Girona, among others, Marc Bernaus: “With her everything is being easier.”
Ferran Vilaseca, president of FC Andorra, also praised Eder Sarabia at the renewal presentation: “It was a brave and audacious decision to bring him in. He was the ideal candidate due to the style of play that teams have for those oriented with Quique in command. We don’t want to wake up from this very sweet situation that we are experiencing and we firmly believe that it can lead us to the highest levels of Spanish and European football”.
Nogués was the person who introduced Eder Sarabia here with the help of Gerard Piqué: “We are beginning to be a more mature club and we have the best coach in the category.”
The next game for FC Andorra is Sunday at 2:00 p.m. against Cartagena, another playoff team like FC Andorra.