The Granada Board of Directors, in a cold statement, announced the dismissal of Antonio Fernández Monterrubio from the position of general directorto the. It was also known that Paula de la Peña was no longer responsible for the Department of External Relations and Development. A revolution from within.
The functions of Monterrubio will be assumed by the Board itself, as announced in the aforementioned statement, of which it is a part Patricia rodriguez, who joined the club on February 22 as a director after her successful time as general director of Elche.
The reasons for this decision have not transpired, but the exit has been more abrupt than desirable. Monterrubio wanted to personally say goodbye to both the squad and the coach, Diego Martínez, but they did not let him. Significant.
It may be striking that this decision was made with an executive who, since his arrival in 2017 (the team was in the Second Division) had to make important decisions, almost as if he were the president. Both John Jiang and his successor in office, Rentao Yi, have had no day-to-day presence and have been watching the club from a distance. The reality is that since the change in the presidency, things were different for Monterrubio and with the landing of Patricia Rodríguez, the beginning of his goodbye.
The already ex-director had to make momentous decisions that, of course, helped Granada to be in the First Division and have made history in the Europa League. He had to make a severe readjustment. “When we arrived we had to remove 72 players. We are not starting from zero but from minus 72 ”he commented in an interview with AS where he explained how a ship refloated in difficult waters without footballers of all categories after tough negotiations also with investment funds. He worked very hard on burdensome matters for the club such as the cases of Adrián Ramos, Tin Angulo, Rochina or the cost-squad limit. Everything until stabilizing the entity in a salary limit of 56,403 million euros (the eleventh of First) and a budget of about 70 million euros.
The renovation of Diego Martínez
For a long time it has been the great objective of the entity and it will not be less in this new post-Monterrubio era. Ideal echoed the meeting between Patricia Rodríguez and Diego Martínez shortly before the termination of Monterrubio was announced. This Tuesday it was the sports director Fran Sánchez, who spoke with the coach on the field. Obviously it is not known what they talked about. But it is clear that the project of the future Granada passes through the continuity of the Vigo coach.