Uriarte, a 44-year-old Bilbao native, nephew and godson of the former president of the Royal Society Luis Uranga, triumphed at the 24 tables arranged, which were attended by 22,689 members.
Uriarte gained notoriety by creating, together with his partner Ander Michelena, “Ticket bis”, the ticket resale platform, which they later sold in 2016 for 165 million euros. Currently, he runs another company that he was able to create, called “All Iron Group”.
In his campaign, Uriarte launched a message of “freshness” and renewal supported by a Board of Directors with no previous connection with the club and with profiles of professionals that are very marked in their respective areas, but unknown to the general public.
Uriarte announced that his coach would be Ernest Valverde, who will go for his third spell on the San Mamés bench. And besides, he is already the coach who has directed the rojiblanco team the most games throughout history.
Valverde, born in Extremadura, has been nicknamed by the Basques as “txingurri”, which means ant in the Basque language, due to his orderly and methodical way of working.
The president-elect of Bilbao said that he himself, out of his own pocket, will provide the necessary guarantees to preside over the club and that, as stated in the entity’s recently renewed statutes, they amount to around seven million euros, the equivalent of 5% of the spending budget.
With the defeat of Arechabaleta, the return of Bielsa falls, who days ago offered a press conference and acknowledged that he had been watching videos of games from Bilbao, the Spanish league and its lower divisions for weeks.
Source: Ambito
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