Quique Setién: "There are players who have not behaved in the right way”

Quique Setién said today that he had to send Jonathan Viera "into a corner to sit down and think for a few days", whilst at the same time acknowledging that "other players have also not behaved in an appropriate way. I am taking measures taking into account what is best for the club and for me. These are complex situations which have gone on this week and which have to be managed in the right way. The president has backed all the decisions that need to be taken", he stressed.

With regard to his continuity in the yellows’ hotseat, Setién responded: "There are things going on during the season that don’t seem that important, but over time can be quite damaging, because not everyone in the dressing room is the same. Some of those going to see the match from the stands will help us to win the game. But we all need to be together and not separately. I am the way I am, I have set a path in my lifetime, and that is the one am going to follow", he stated.

With reference to tomorrow’s opponents, Deportivo de La Courña, he said that "they are one of our most complicated rivals at the moment. Depor is a similar type of team to ours, they will push us all the way. I am especially worried about what they can do from set pieces. They have resolved a lot of games recently in this manner. They also have fine players who will make it a very even match". For this league game, the last one of the first half of the season, there will be three players called up from the second team, Las Palmas Atlético, according to Setién.