“We were ahead of other clubs”

Marián Mouriño went back to the beginning of his father Carlos Mouriño’s arrival at the helm of Celta. He recalled that from the beginning he had set the goal of endowing the entity with assets and that in the same way he had given its management a business flair, two aspects that may have been striking in their time, but which have now become common currency. football clubs.

“It was a vision of how we would compete with extraordinary income. We were ahead of the other clubs. We left the competition before everyone else, we cleaned up the club before everyone else,” commented the head of the Galicia Sports 360 project, who recalled that A Sede was the first step with “an alternative business that has nothing to do with football”, but it creates a dividend for the club. A project that what they are doing now has the same purpose “because all the benefits will go to Celta”. Carlos Mouriño commented at the time in an interview with La Voz that Factoría do Deporte could generate enough money a year for two “good signings”.

Mouriño confirmed that several hotel chains are ready to participate in the project, but it is yet to be defined whether they will be for rent or as partners. In any case, the sole owner will be Celta itself. As for the money from HVS, he pointed out that they have to present the project, and then the investment fund approves the cost. He estimated the total cost of the works at HRK 100 million.