After some delay since first announcing his appointment, the Palma club has finally made it official that the Berriatua-born coach will be presented to the local media next Tuesday, June 18, at 12 midday in the Son Moix . He becomes the tenth Euskadi coach to sit on the Mallorca bench. Arrasate has plenty of experience and commands respect both as a person and for his impressive CV.
The new coach has a big job to do on the Son Bibiloni training ground as our present squad needs to improve and several new signings are expected to raise the level. With the club now consolidated in top flight Spanish football, it’s necessary to get Mallorca settling into the top ten of La Liga , and well away from that horrible end of season sinking feeling! Arrasate leaves his previous club Osasuna after a successful six-year spell in Pamplona where he finished first in La Segunda, before a run in La Liga of 10th, 11th, 10th, 7th and 11th, as well as a cup final last year and a place in both the Spanish Super Cup and the European Conference League. The announcement of his official signing was made remotely because club CEO Alfonso Diaz and captains Antonio Raillo and Abdon Prats were in Japan visiting their main shirt sponsor GEL TAICA.
Asked why he chose Real Mallorca, Arrasate said “I think Mallorca is an emerging club . The last few years have shown the team has the ability to stay in La Liga.” He also said the financial stability of the club was important “Institutionally everything.