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Balague talks to new Spain boss
- Updated: July 23, 2016
New Spain boss Julen Lopetegui speaks exclusively to Guillem Balague, as he reveals why he turned down Wolves for his national team.
At last, after a long and drawn out negotiation process, it’s all change at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
However, due to the slowness of it, Julen Lopetegui will not become their new manager, despite the work that he had already been putting in place preparing his arrival.
For a long while, all bets were off as to who the new Wolves boss would be following an expected Chinese takeover, with former Porto and Spain Under-19, U20 and U21 boss Lopetegui destined for the role.
In the end, Lopetegui found the calling of his nation was too big a challenge to turn down. He will now follow in the footsteps of Luis Aragones and Vicente del Bosque as head coach of the Spanish national side. Yet it was a close run thing that nearly saw Spain lose out to the Midlands club.
On Friday, as Lopetegui prepared for his new role that will see him try to restore the Spanish side to its former glories, his first thoughts were for Kenny Jackett and his coaching staff at Wolves, saying, in an exclusive chat with me for Sky Sports, he understood how uncomfortable the whole situation had been for everyone, including himself.
“I know how difficult it can be to carry on as normal with all this going around and I want to put on record my maximum …
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