Exclusive: Quess Chairman Ajit Issac speaks on the future of Alejandro Menendez Garcia


Sabyasachi Bagchi:
After 15 long years Quess East Bengal defeated their arch rivals Mohun Bagan on both legs in the same I-League season. The team is very much back in the title race. Hence, www.xtratime.in spoke to Quess Chairman Ajit Isaac after their victory over the Mariners.

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Long term contract with Alejandro Menendez Garcia

We always believe in long term contracts with the coach. Earlier, East Bengal used to change their coach almost every season. That’s why they failed to get the success. They had a big budget team but couldn’t lift the title. Alejandro is doing well. So we want to continue with him. We had a chat with him regarding his contract. We will talk about it in our board meeting. If he wants to continue it will be great and he will choose the team for the next season.

Alejandro’s performance

He did remarkably well in this season so far and he proved that he is one of the best students of Jose Mourinho. The team became professional under him. The players are now has proper diets. Now we have many modern instruments and I must say Mario and Physical trainer Carlos Nodar are also doing well. I would like to thank the team management for the professional approach.
Back to back derby wins after 15 long years
is an amazing feeling because everyone was excited about this match. Now we want to keep focusing on the title. It’s the most important thing as it’s 15 years since East Bengal last lifted the trophy. This year we are hoping to get the title. Let’s see what happens!

Incentive after winning the Derby

We don’t believe in incentive culture as we are a corporate team and we have some policy to follow. We don’t want to give incentives after winning a match. I congratulated the team and the coaches after back to back derby wins but definitely, we will think about the incentives if the team wins the I-League.

Relying on the team

If you look at the league table any team who in in top four can win the title. It’s very important to win the away match against Real Kashmir. The weather and the atmosphere are the biggest challenges for the boys. If we win the match then it’s possible to win the I-League.

Choosing the foreigners

We formed a technical committee to choose the foreign players. They had a long research and chose Borja Perez, Enrique, Dovale and Collado. We gave importance to Alejandro’s decision and the committee did well as the result shows.

Pre-season in Malaysia

We had a preseason in Malaysia before the I-League which helped the team. The players and the coaches now had a very good understanding. Indian players like Joby Justin improved a lot.

Using Social media

In this generation, you have to use social media. East Bengal is a fan base club, so we want to spread the club through various social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and we already got a huge response from the fans. We already organized some fan parks and live streaming across the country and that will increase the fan base. Quess should get the appreciation for their efforts.

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