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Lisbon (Portugal), Oct 22 (EFE), (Camera: Carlos García).- Former Spanish soccer player David Belenguer, who retired in 2011 after playing for clubs such as Betis and Getafe, is president of the Portuguese club Tondela. In an interview with EFE, he assures that his crusade involves instilling ambition within a modest club that is committed to youth development, while recognizing his "weakness" for Uruguayan players.FOOTAGE OF STATEMENTS BY FORMER SPANISH SOCCER PLAYER DAVID BELENGUER TRANSLATONS:Question: How did the project come about?Answer: It was born when I was looking at options for an investment group and in the end they opted for other options. A very good friendship was born there with the president of the club, Gilberto Coimbra, and I saw the possibility of being the one to take that step, because the Tondela met all the conditions. I decided to do it with the support of that management company, although later that company disappeared and the link we had with it is no longer operational. Let's hope that we are able to make as few mistakes as possible and that we take Tondela to the quieter area of the classification, gaining more peace of mind in a more long-term project. It is a company of mine, I am the owner.Q: How has Tondela evolved in this time?A: When we got involved in this project it was to do our bit. I focus on the structural part, on being able to build a good structure, a good environment to have options for growth. That's the way I think this industry should move. With good facilities, with good working conditions, without that you cannot grow. A good sports city will be the next step of the Tondela. And from there, with good managers, it is possible to consider growth. Without that you can grow in the short term, but you have an expiration date, for sure.Q: Talk about the evolution of the clubA: There is a growth in wealth, in the quality of assets, with players owned, not leased. Rights over players. A capacity of growth that you didn't have before, because decisions were made to survive, to stay in the first division. But there was no growth in assets and the benefit was taken by others and the risk was assumed by Tondela. And today we are changing all that.Q: Talk about the staffA: We have consistent and, above all, very dynamic staff, with a lot of energy and one main characteristic: ambition; it's a crusade of mine, to instil ambition within the club, while remaining humble. We are capable of fighting against anyone, whoever it may be, Benfica, Porto, Sporting or Manchester United will never take the field thinking they have a chance. We instill it from above to the last of the employees to change that mentality of the club of interior, very poor and that we like everyone.Q: Talk Spaniard Pako Ayestarán, the bet for a coachA: Pako has the capacity to demand. It is one of the guidelines that I have missed in Tondela. I don't want to say that the coaches who have come or the insoles are not demanding, but I have missed that they are all demanding from the first day of training because you don't have to leave everything to the end when you have water rising to your neck.Q: Talk about the scoresA: I think we have paid a high price for a decision that was made in the middle of the staff construction phase. We decided to take risks and bring in the players we wanted from the beginning. We have very high expectations, because of the performance and competitiveness that they are going to put into the squad and others are going to improve because of the competition that we have created for them. We thought about making a team and improving what we haveQ: Talk Uruguayan defender Enzo MartinezA: It was very difficult to bring him, to tell you the truth at some point I thought we would not bring him. He was in the fight for the Copa Libertadores. It gives us a type of player that we didn't have. The Uruguayan player is my weakness, I have to admit. Put a Uruguayan defender in my life and I'm happy. I like to have good kids who are capable of transforming themselves on the field.Q: Candidacy for the 2030 World Cup organized by Spain and PortugalA: It would be an honor. I think it would help a lot to unite the two peoples. When we mix we are many more equal than it seems. It is one of the things that would make me more excited. It would help to unite Spaniards and Portuguese, we have a lot in common. When we look at each other's faces we are very similar and we complement each other very well. It would be a very powerful candidacy.
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