Real Mallorca forward Vedat Muriqi has responded to manager Javier Aguirre’s consistent comments about his appearance.
The foul-mouthed Mexican coach has called Muriqi ‘ugly’ all season, and recently doubled down on that characterisation in a press conference. It’s all taken in good humour though, as Muriqi explained on Cadena SER.
“Everything is fine with Javier Aguirre, but I know that here he said that I was very ugly.”
“The next morning we met, and I told him that he is not so pretty either. He laughed and agreed with me (…).”
Aguirre and Muriqi have fit together like a glove, the former helping Mallorca out of the relegation battle, the latter scoring 12 goals this season – only Enes Unal, Karim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski have more.
“He is a coach who has changed things a lot at the club, and we’ve noticed it from day one. When he arrived, he changed our attitude with his joy. I didn’t expect the team to change so much with him, he’s incredible. He’s done a great job and all the players love him,” waxed Muriqi.
The 28-year-old has been attracting attention from elsewhere, but has maintained he wants to remain at Mallorca regardless. Both are adored by the fans in Mallorca.
