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Jemez takes over at Chinese owned Granada

Xinhua, June 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Spanish BBVA Primera Liga club Granada on Monday confirmed the signing of former Rayo Vallecano coach Paco Jemez on a three-year deal.

Jemez joins Granada after four campaigns with Rayo which ended with the Madrid based outfit being relegated to the Spanish Second Division (Liga Adelante) at the end of last season.

Nevertheless Jemez earned himself a reputation as a man who made the best of his club' s low budget and the large turnover in players at the end of every season.

He is also known for his cavalier style of play which saw Rayo always try and play attacking football against all of their rivals, rather than trying to sit back and defend.

This style earned Rayo enough points to survive in the Primera Liga for Jemez' s first three years in charge, but also led to some crushing defeats, such as this season' s 10-2 humiliation in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Last season Granada avoided relegation in the penultimate week of the season, but the club' s sale to Chinese businessman Jiang Lizhang means they now have more money to spend with Jiang saying his aim for Granada is to qualify for Europe within the next three seasons. Endit