Real Sociedad have enjoyed arguably their most successful era since the 1980s under Imanol Alguacil, but that era is coming to an end. La Real announced on Thursday that he would be departing at the end of the season, following 6.5 years in charge.
The Txuri-Urdin announced in an official statement that the 53-year-old coach had taken the decision, communicating to the club that he would no longer be continuing, as his contract expires this summer. Alguacil had remained coy on his future, as more question marks arose over Real Sociedad this season.
Alguacil has been enormously successful since he took charge in December of 2018, securing European football in every full season he has been in charge. The most special memories will date back to their Copa del Rey triumph in 2021, and qualification for the Champions League for the first time in a decade last season, in which they would go on to make the knockout stages before elimination to semi-finalists Paris Saint-Germain.