The extreme sincerity of José Luis Mendilibar has caused him a new disagreement with another of his players. Joan Jordán returned after a month and a half without playing and the Basque coach’s assessment of his return did not leave anyone indifferent: “Joan is like an old donkey, she wants to and can’t. He’s been out for a month. We think that training outside the group, you do the things they tell you and then you don’t arrive. That happens to most of the injured.”
And Jordan’s response, as is logical, was not long in coming. “The old donkey is very happy to come back and get over the inconvenience. They have been 41 days working, focused on helping the team from the place they play. Having said that… Let’s get down to what’s important: sevillistas, for all of us, let’s make it possible, we deserve it. NOBODY LOVES HER LIKE WE DO”, He posted on his social media.
This controversy is reminiscent of the one he had with Suso after the tie against Manchester United. “If you want to play more, you will have to run more than you run. He knows that,” Mendilibar said of the man from Cádiz, who was quick to reply: “He said that if he wanted to play on the right he had to run more. We talked and I told him I didn’t like it because honestly, to tell you the truth, I I have never run. I’m not going to run now either. I didn’t like what Mendilibar said but I spoke with him and everything is cleared up. She said it to motivate. He is a very good man and he is working well”.
After that pique, Suso was the key man in the tie with Juventus coming off the bench. Who knows if Mendilibar has the same plan with ‘his’ Joan Jordán, a footballer whom he revitalized at Eibar.