Héctor Desvaux on Radio Gol: «Spahn and Madelón are using each other» | OneFootball

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·28 May 2026

Héctor Desvaux on Radio Gol: «Spahn and Madelón are using each other»

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The former player and opposition figure took aim at the leadership, spoke about how the squads are built, and raised doubts about the club’s sporting direction.

In a lengthy conversation on the ADN Gol panel, Desvaux questioned the financial management of the leadership headed by Luis Spahn, spoke about how transfer windows are handled, and said that at Unión, “many times the goal is just the bare minimum.”


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He stressed that the club needs to take a step forward on the sporting side and stop being satisfied with merely staying in the division. “At Unión, the idea was never raised of saying: let’s build a squad and go compete.”

He referred to Madelón and said he remains an important figure within the club, although he avoided going deeper into the coach’s future. “I’d like Leo to stay, but we have to see what he thinks and what tools the president gives him,” he explained.

On the other hand, he criticized the lack of ambition from the leadership and compared the present situation with other clubs from the interior that managed to compete for titles in recent years. “Many times, life is about convincing. Convincing people that it’s possible,” he said.

Desvaux’s standout quotes

  • “I’m not in favor of forming an alliance just to get there”
  • “There are groups that ended up becoming accomplices to this administration”
  • “We asked what happened to the money, and they laughed at us”
  • “Unión is being driven into decline”
  • “There are clubs with smaller budgets that put together competitive squads”
  • “At Unión, agents often get mixed in”
  • “The squads don’t end up being good”
  • “Unión supporters deserve a healthy group that is truly for the club”
  • “At Unión, many times the goal is just the bare minimum”
  • “There was never a serious plan to go compete for a championship”
  • “Many times, life is about convincing people that it’s possible”
  • “I’d like Madelón to stay”
  • “We have to see what tools the president gives him”
  • “Maybe Madelón wants to go for everything and become champion”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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