Bilbao Basket and Mumbrú have given each other a few days to decide their future. The club marked a certain urgency to the coach in the first conversations and five days ago he sent him the formal offer. This, in turn, asked for ambition, but they have remarked that this has always been a companion on the road for years. “Everything is the same as yesterday and the day before yesterday, there is no news, I received the official offer, we have given ourselves a few days to think about it and we are in those days,” reflects Mumbrú without wanting to extend much. This is delicate when choosing the word that defines his demands and no longer refers to ambition, but to “take little steps, but I’m not just referring to the economic part but when it comes to making the team”.
The Barcelona coach, who is home these days, does not hide that Bilbao Basket will always be his first option, but he does not close doors, as a professional that he is. Valencia and Gran Canaria have him on his agenda. And, of course, Bilbao Basket wants to tie him up as soon as possible to continue shaping the project, after agreeing on the continuity of Reyes and Rigo. “You want to see a few options, taking into account that you want to continue in Bilbao Basket, and the club does not want you to listen and loves you, we have always been very honest in everything, it is an offer with deadlines to decide yes or no “. His expectations to make the leap to a stronger club are not limited only to Spain. “Sometimes we stick to the ACB and there are very interesting things outside with important projects, and you can consider the possibility of going outside. You trust in the things you can do better as a group WHEN YOU GOT IN AND we lived through it two years ago you demand, you want there to be a bit of continuity, I don’t mean ambition that is misunderstood.
The two keys in this process are to improve the coach’s file a bit and have more money to build the team, which will surely play in the Champions League. “I am from Bilbao Basket, your head is here, seeing how everything is unfolding, waiting to see the players’ responses and see what is best for me, my future and my family, for all parties and see everything in perspective” .
Mumbrú continues to defend the squad that has brought him close to the playoffs this year. “The team that deserves to play in Europe is not the one next year but this one, that’s why we should try to renew as many players as possible”. He believes, of course, that teams that keep coaches have an advantage over those that change much of the structure “and have to start from scratch.” “When the contracts end at the end, everyone imagines things, they have heard bells. But we have to wait for the movement in the market, now the teams are playing the playoffs.” In that sense, when questioned by Valencia, he haggles: “They are playing, it is difficult for them to talk to other people.”
In conclusion, he leaves a confession for hope: “I’ve been in Bilbao for many years, I’m delighted, super comfortable, my family, too; you always try to continue, I don’t want to call it in the comfort zone, but where you feel better”.