‘I suffer a lot’: Villarreal owner Fernando Roig on not enjoying games and the prospect of Liverpool | Sid Lowe

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“I don’t get nervous,” he says. “In a city of 52,000 people, we did something we can be proud of,” he says.

We’re not a selling club, but if someone offers the right amount maybe we sell, for two reasons: one, economics; and two, we won’t curtail a player’s career.“We keep growing: we’ve extended the stadium: over 23,000. “I said: ‘Don’t worry, they’ll come next year … and they’ll do it for free.’ And then next year, or maybe the year after, they came in the Champions League.“Diego wasn’t playing much, but we looked after him, gave him affection, and he was a great player.

He didn’t know if he would be able to play again, but we welcomed him back, were pleased to give him that opportunity and he gave us three more superb years.“And we had a Ballon d’Or winner here. “He’s born in the town and triumphed here, won a European title,” he says, “which was the only game I couldn’t go to.”All those matches and Villarreal’s president missed that one.