Imanol Idiakez the favorite for the new coach of Deportivo

Deportivo closes the circle regarding the engagement of Imanolo Idiakez as coach for the next season. Basque (San Sebastián, 1972) is Inigo’s older brother, a striker who spent a decade playing in the First League for Real Sociedad, Oviedo and Rayo. The one for whom everything indicates that he will end up as the coach of A Coruña, with a much more modest career as a football player, is trying to establish himself as a coach in the elite.

To get to Riazor, I would take a step back. He was fired in April you lie downin the Second, to which he agreed after working as an assistant Unai Emery in Villarreal, which won the Europa League in 2021 and moved on to the next campaign. He previously led Zaragoza ten games at the start of the 2018-2019 season, just when Natxo González gave La Romareda a scare to end up in A Coruña, and when AEK Larnaca Cyprus, where they won the 2018 Cup.

Market

His appointment would come after the new sporting director of the blue and whites, Fernando Soriano, combed the second division market, where Deportivo were looking for a replacement for Rubén de la Barrera. Together with Idiakez, alternatives of Luis Carrionwho said goodbye to Cartagena, Juan Carlos Carcedoan old acquaintance of Soriano’s in Ibiza, who started this season in Zaragoza, and a former athlete Luis Miguel Ramíswho have just finished their stay in Tenerife, found themselves at the table of the blue and white club.

However, after analyzing the strengths and weaknesses, as well as assessing the wishes that everyone had to reach the bench of Deportivo, that is, their stocks, at this moment the most likely option is the Basque, a declared defender of good football and who is considered to be in progress after his recent experiences.