Imanol sheriff will not continue under the command of the Real Sociedad next season. After six and a half seasons, the Orio coach has made the decision to take a step to the side when this course ends and not renew his contract, which ends next June 30. This has been communicated by the 'Txuri-Urdin' club through its social networks at 1:00 p.m. Imanol himself recognized a few months ago that I had an offer to renew His contract, which ends at the end of this season, and that he was going to communicate his decision at the end of April. This morning, he has let the club know.
He began his adventure on the benches in the Royal Society. “Imanol Sheriff has communicated to Real Sociedad his decision not to continue directing the team next season“, The club reported this Thursday at noon.
It started as assistant in the Real Sociedad bduring the 2013-14 academic year. The following season, he assumed the loader of the first coach of the subsidiary at the end of November 2014, where he remained in office until March 2018. After 130 games with Royal Sociedad B, he was chosen to replace Eusebio Sacristán on the bench of the first team. During the 9 games in which he was in command of the Donostiarra team, he obtained 16 points, finishing the league in the twelfth place.
Then, he directed the subsidiary again, until in the month of December he made the final leap to the first team. Six and a half seasons, 334 meetings (which will be 339 at the end of the season) And a title laterthe Copa del Rey (2019-20), Sheriff He has decided to put an end to his beautiful adventure in the Donostiarra team. He is the third coach with more games in the history of the club after Benito Díaz (391) and John Benjamin Toshack (386).
Five games to end the season
However, Real Sociedad itself recalls in its statement that “Before that moment comes (the sheriff's march) there is a lot for fighting“After five European classifications with the Basque coach, the 'Txuri-Urdin' club wants to achieve the sixth. Ninth with 42 pointsthe team of Sheriff wants to close LaLiga In European competition positions. Ahead has Mallorca (44 points), Celta de Vigo (46), Real Betis (51) y Villarreal (52). With 15 points still at stake, they could even assault the 'Champions zone', currently in the hands of the 'Groguet' team, in a season marked by irregularity.
In his last five meetings as coach of the Real, Sheriff will face five more than interesting challenges. First, you will receive al Athletic Club in Anoeta To dispute your Last Basque derby; Then you will visit the Metropolitan to measure yourself to Atlético de Madrid; will face Celta At home, in a direct duel in Europe; will travel to Montilivi on the penultimate league day; and will close his stage on the bench before his people against an entity rival like the Real Madrid.
