Ezequiel Garay in its purest form. The Valencia central has read a 12-minute statement on Instagram in which has clarified the issue of his renewal and “the smear campaign” that he considers to be against him by the ché club. The Argentine has been sincere and emphatic, charging hard against the Che directive.
“I am very sorry to get to this point, but I am forced to do so by the smear campaign what is being done against me; and I don't mean the media. I mean the people in my club who apparently intend to discredit me as a professional and as a person, ” Garay has acknowledged just before clarifying “all the lies that have leaked” about his renewal.
Garay admits that all the controversy is generated when it is leaked that he has rejected an offer of 2.7 million euros net, something that he considers “false since it implies that I don't want to stay in this club”. On July 2, defender Ché admits that he receives an offer “notably lower” than the one leaked and that it is negotiated in the summer. Despite the “instabilities” in the Marcelino case, the Argentinean communicates to the club that his intention is to renew. On November 13, Jorge López contacted Garay and the defense confessed again that he wanted to renew. Garay receives another inferior offer and “a verbal agreement is reached pending the contract.”
On January 7 everything changes in Arabia, where Valencia was playing the Super Cup. That day he meets with the president and they return to “change the agreed conditions” previously. Still, the defender gives Valencia another chance. But a new interlocutor arrives, César Sánchez, and “everything is paralyzed” again. On February 1, Garay was injured. “César and Célades themselves let me know that they intend to renew me and request my federal resignation so that the club can sign another player and I agree. I ask what happens with my renewal and the answer is a silence. To this day, no offer or intention to renew me has been transferred to me, “Garay said in a statement in which he was excited and broke down crying at some point.
The defense attorney has also admitted that he will “defend” his rights “after being affected by the pandemic.” And it is that Garay has recognized that Valencia has included him in an ERTE “of reduced working hours, despite being on medical leave”: “Not wanting to renew someone is legal, but it is not necessary to end badly. I do not understand the way of acting towards me. It is unfair to show that I do not want to stay for money because the day I signed for Valencia I ruled out a much more voluminous offer. “
Garay has acknowledged that, despite everything, he would like to stay at the club because he will be “eternally grateful to Valencia”. “Lies are very easy to believe, but truths must be demonstrated and justified”, Garay has sentenced in his statement.