Clinics live football, this is how Lopetegui prepares to return to the Premier.

After leaving Sevilla, Julen Lopetegui was clear about the next step in his career on the bench. I wanted to go to the Premier, not anywhere. It is the League that we all want to be in or have the opportunity to live in at some point. It's a fantastic place to work, he confessed after signing for Wolverhampton.

His adventure at the Molineux Ground was successful but ended before the season started. Since then, Lopetegui has rejected million-dollar offers such as that of Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia with the sole objective of returning to train in the English League. Since he left the Wolves in August, the former coach continues to live in England. He has 'registered' in the Premier.

The Basque coach is updating himself by watching a lot of live football. He is a regular on the pitches of the English League. In addition, he is visiting the Sports Cities of clubs like Manchester City to chat with colleagues like Pep Guardiola, Txiki Begiristain. And he also had a meeting of more than three hours with Gareth Southgate at the headquarters of the English Federation.

Football has evolved a lot, but the job of a coach is above all about managing people, resources, and being able to generate a feeling of group belonging. Each context is different, there is no single strategy, he highlighted at the Aspire Academy Global Summit in Rome. Classes have also been his work in these months. Lopetegui has worked as a teacher at the Football Players Association school. He has given different clinics on football, psychology, management.

The Forest, waiting

The former, among others, from Spain, Real Madrid and Sevilla is preparing to join a Premier team. The one that has shown the most interest in Lopetegui has been Nottingham Forest. According to what he has learned, the Tricky Trees have sounded out the former Wolverhampton player to be their coach if Steve Cooper leaves the club. His bad streak totaling four defeats and a draw in the last five rounds has put the Welsh coach in a bad situation. Other clubs like Crystal Palace have also tested him. The Spaniard enjoys a good poster in a Premier in which he wants to put down roots.