• Pablo Laso The intrahistory of an abrupt end

  • Whispers of sport The dismissal of the 'broken heart'

Two weeks of silence gave way to an hour in the purest

Pablo Laso

style .

The coach from Vitoria offered this Monday the reply to his traumatic departure from Real Madrid, which the club had attributed to health reasons.

"I don't have the club's medical reports. If they are based on them, I would appreciate it if they could be sent to me, but I trust my reports," assured the man who guided the team to 22 titles over 11 seasons.

The presentation of the fourth edition of his summer campus, at the Francisco de Vitoria University, served as a platform for Laso to shed some light on what happened.

With silences and throat clearings that were worth more than words, with his peculiar oratory, between assertiveness and jokes, the former Madrid coach did not leave a single topic untouched.

"I don't know how you see me. I'm quite well, like you," he started with a smile, amid the expectation of the Aula Magna.

"I have normal heart function, no scar and no sequelae. I was lucky that it was a warning and on the seventh day I was already training," she confirmed.

"Some doctor told me about a

heart attack

," she added, without losing her smile.

"I accept what the manual says"

However, the relaxed tone gave way to a more tense one when he addressed the

timing

chosen by Real Madrid.

"No one would like their medical data to be published in the press. It's not a nice thing for the family to find out on television. The rest of the things... I'm a coach and I accept what the manual says. They usually end up kicking you out. It's very beastly, but I'm a coach for good and for bad," he commented on the club's leaks, which preceded his dismissal.

Laso confirmed that he had terminated his contract, signed until 2023, "by mutual agreement" with the entity.

"Because of my way of being, it was clear to me that it didn't paint anything," he added about his hasty departure, just a few hours after the team won the ACB title.

Asked about his relationship with

José Ángel Sánchez

, head of the basketball section, Laso opted for an elusive tone.

"Surely you do not share 100% the opinions of your boss."

Although minutes later he wanted to expand a little more on the subject.

"Because of my way of being, I don't have enemies and I don't want to have them, because I don't like it. Although as a friend told me today, of course there are people who are better removed from your life," he stressed.

"We'll have to ask what's for dinner"

When they questioned him about a hypothetical return, he did not hesitate to appeal to the old nougat advertisement.

"To return home for Christmas you will have to ask what's for dinner, lest they do things to me that I don't like," she slipped.

Regarding

Chus Mateo

, appointed successor after so many years at his side, Laso showed a certain emotional distance, not at odds with correctness.

"If I no longer train Madrid, how am I going to worry about who does? I have a lot of love and respect for Chus, to whom I wish better luck as a person, more would be missing," he settled.

Likewise, he confirmed that he had not spoken personally with

Florentino Pérez

, although he did have a telephone conversation.

"He has wished me a lot of luck, as I did him," she revealed about the white president.

Regarding what awaits just around the corner, Laso did not offer too many clues either.

"I cannot answer what would excite me in the future, among other reasons because almost all teams have a coach. What I do hope for is that someone can think of me for their project and that I am excited, be it in the provincial league Or in the NBA.

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