“We saw it as an investment for the following seasons, because we were going to give time to Ruben to get to know the squad, the club, the Premier League,” says Omar. “So, by the time that we got to now (June 2025), we’ll have had all the discussions about what does the squad need, the two-to-three-year plan to get to a squad that’s capable of winning the Premier League.
“We have a very clear roadmap of how we’re going to get there. Had Ruben started on July 1, 2025, we wouldn’t have been able to have all that knowledge, right?
“And that’s what I feel these seven or eight months that he’s had. He’s suffered in the Premier League, and the team has suffered. That’s why I feel that it’s really going to help us in the future.”
