Jan Virgili was the star of our third episode of the second season of the Endimoniats podcast.
In a conference room where around 40 people of all ages gathered, the RCD Mallorca player spoke about various topics related to his personal and professional life.
Virgili began by reviewing his entire football career and shared interesting reflections on how he dealt with being left out of teams from a very young age and how going to a psychologist helped him gain greater self-control and become emotionally stronger. He also humorously explained that during his formative years he even played as a centre-back.
The young forward also talks about the moment he received the unexpected call from the Spanish national team and how he reacted: "It was summer, I was on holiday and my coordinator at Barcelona called me. Two minutes later, I got a WhatsApp message from the coach. I shouted all over the house. I was so excited."
Free from pressure and fear of failure, he was given the opportunity to join RCD Mallorca's first team. Jagoba Arrasate was, in this sense, the main attraction for the footballer to move to the island and the first to call him. "He said to me: 'get your act together, I want you here on Saturday,’" says Virgili, adding that when Mallorca came calling, he didn't consider any other options.
Asked about the team's situation, the winger says that if they are solid at home and improve their performance away from the island, salvation will eventually come. Regarding his partnership with Muriqi, he says: "We train the moves we do, but it's true that he tells me to do what I know and, when I can, to pass him the ball so he can shoot.’ With four assists, Virgili is not particularly anxious to score his first goal, something that ‘will come’".
Regarding his life outside football, the Catalan says he lives with his brother and does not mind being away from home because he says he is ‘used to it’, although he misses his hometown, Vilassar de Mar. In his free time, he usually rests and considers ‘the siesta sacred,’ but sometimes, if he is feeling well physically, he makes time for paddle tennis or tennis.
His enormous competitiveness, he explains, makes him not want to lose at anything. Finally, he admits that being recognised is what he finds ‘worst’ because he defines himself as a ‘very simple’ person.
