Levante: The great doubts of Levante to return to First

“We have to try to go down and go up to the next season, like we did last time”The words of Quico Catalanstill with the lump in the throat after certifying the descent with a hard win, give the starting signal to a few definitive weeks to propose a season in which it’s all up in the air. Levante have to decide who will be the president, the coach, which players will leave, what kind of squad they will develop. Many unknowns after one of the worst seasons in its history.

Quico Catalan exam

A few months ago, when Levante already saw relegation coming like a steamroller, they did not win a game until matchday 27, the president set up a public appearance in which he made his position available to the Council and the largest shareholder, the Foundation. In that appearance, Quico Catalán said that he was not going to leave in an extreme situation and that at the end of the season he would reflect and undergo an exam to know if it continued or not. It is time, as there are many decisions to be made.

The Lisci continuity

The first decision to be made is whether the club gives responsibility for promotion to alessio lisci in Second or look for a different technical profile. The Italian managed to give the team some hope after the dismissals of Paco López and Javier Pereira. But it was impossible to stay after a first round of seven points.

Sales to balance the budget

It is evident that despite maintaining the economic support of LaLiga for a season, Levante has to sell for just over 10 million euros to balance the budget. there are players with exorbitant salaries for a first-class Levante who are not affordable in the second. Campaign, Soldier, De Frutos, Bardhi… are just examples of players impossible to keep in the silver category of Spanish football.

The work of Felipe Miñambres

In full decomposition, Levante signed Felipe Miñambres to organize the future. The technician gave morale to the troops, but it was not enough. He now he is the only one who seems to have the position of sports director secured in the granota structure. He must make a template that must change radically to fit it to the second-class reality. It will not be easy since the template cost is very high.