Antonio Fernández Monterrubio, fired last Monday as general director of Granada, he said this Friday that he felt “harassed” during his last months in the club, that they have tried to “bore” him so that he would leave and that by not succeeding, he they have leaked “biased and false information” to justify a dismissal that will take “to court.”
Monterrubio He indicated at a press conference that he is leaving the club “proud and satisfied to be part of the best Granada in history”, although “the end” has not happened as he would have liked.
The leader, who was linked to Granada until 2023, he was removed from his post on Monday “by means of a dismissal letter” in which it was alleged loss of confidence of the property towards him and he was invited “to immediately leave the club's premises.”
“It is a situation (his dismissal) that could not be explained with professional criteria. Honesty cannot be taken away with lies or false news, it is the end of a stage that does not deserve this treatment “he explained.
Monterrubio leaves “with a very clear conscience and looking everyone in the eye “, but believes that” education and respect for people cannot be lost “, highlighting that” neither the forms nor the time have been adequate “and that it will demand” responsibilities from those responsible for the damages caused “.
The already ex-general director of Granada pointed out that in recent months has felt “harassed“and that when such a situation occurs it is produced by” those who are hierarchically above “.
“It is a long-standing situation. They tried to bore me so that I would leave and now biased and false information is leaking, “he added Monterrubio.
He detailed that they stopped him with “a dismissal letter with falsehoods“from which he will defend himself” in court “and who have done so” obviously with the desire to save compensation. “
“They are trying to justify something that has no justification. Falsehoods hurt me because they affect my professionalism and honord, because an external company is hired to look for I don't know what, “he said about alleged irregularities in his management.
“They have been searching for months and they have not found anything and they will not find it. You cannot find something that does not exist. It's a smear campaign to fire me at zero cost and not comply with what my contract says, “he said.
Upon the arrival a few months ago of P
atRicia Rodríguez as CEO of Granada, he limited himself to commenting, without naming her, that “there is a person who begins to exercise executive power without having it.”
Regarding coexistence with her, he ruled that they have developed “unpleasant and uncomfortable months for the rest of the club members “.
Monterrubio believes that with “the slanders spilled and the making of firewood of the fallen tree “it hurts both him and an entity that” can see stained “an image that” deserves more respect.
He stated that has worked for four years at Granada with “honesty, responsibility, humility and respect”, that he has felt “privileged” for being at the head of “an extraordinary professional and human group”, and that he has enjoyed a team for which “the impossible does not exist” and that he has accomplished “unimaginable things.”
“Granada is a benchmark as a club for its sustainability economic and has earned the respect of the world of football, “he said. Monterrubio, who closes a stage that will mark “a before and after in his life” because belonging to the rojiblanca entity “was not a job, but a feeling” that will remain in him “eternally.”