The selected albos told their version, following the information disclosed by Fesfut, because of their “high” economic claims. They pointed to the goalkeeper of Chalatenango and captain of the Selecta as the one who started it all
Next Thursday at a press conference the footballers of Alliance FC, dissatisfied with demanding very high prices according to the Fesfut, spoke at a press conference to express their views on the situation that has sparked all kinds of reactions among Salvadoran fans.
The six players who belonged to the Alliance, who came out of the Selecta roster, expressed their position in this case where the Fesfut indicated that they would ask for money, even for defeat.
Marvin Monterroza, Henry Romero and Rodolfo Zelaya were the spokespersons at the conference, which also included other stakeholders: Juan Carlos Portillo, Jonathan Jiménez and Narciso Orellana.
In the first part of the verdict, the players spoke without leaving room for questions from the journalists. In the second block, there was an intervention of the Alba leadership and the opportunity was offered to question the media.
Marvin Monterroza, leader of the Alliance, was the first to speak:
“We want to clarify many things, first of all we don’t have to go to the national team for money, in our club (Alianza FC) we are in the know,” said the ex-Metapán.
He noted, “ We went to talk to Mr. Hugo Carrillo, not for ourselves, but for all those who were chosen and we joined our Captain Henry Hernández, who in a different concentration after Carrillo told us what to classify , locked us up. a room in the hotel where we were, also for Benji Villalobos, Ibsen Castro, Xavi García and others from 11 Deportivo. He told us’ this is the chance to grab money. It can’t be that they are always Hugo Carrillo to keep all the money. I’m going to find out how much FIFA gives for classification and we’ll base the numbers on that ”.
Monterroza explained that Henry presented what he had researched. “We said he was fine and that we would accompany him to fix him. And he told us like this, ‘Let’s all get the eggs and if we don’t agree with what they want to offer us, then let’s not accept it. Otherwise, they keep the pile of money and there is no way this will keep happening. ‘
Marvin noted that these situations are also normal when they decide to apply for incentives and awards in a group. “When we were with the president, we said we disagree and we wouldn’t accept it. It was what was already spoken by everyone and we supported it. But then Henry Hernández stepped back. Other colleagues told us that Henry was talking to the president and pointed out that we wanted to jump off the boat when it didn’t happen ”.
He added, “What we wanted was to join our captain, but it’s not possible that we took the step forward, that back, and we were like we were the ones who didn’t want to be on the national team. Something that is not possible, because we do not need this, thank God ”.
He concluded: “I feel like Don Hugo needed to see that we didn’t want to be on the national team and I repeat that we decided to join our captain.”
“We have never asked for money to lose games, as Alianza players we have been like rubbish,” said the Alianza captain.
“In all the national teams in the world there are negotiations with players, I don’t know if they did that with the intention of harming us as players or as an Alliance,” said Henry Romero, defender of the Albo team.
“Everything they have said about numbers is incorrect, we trust our captain. We are breaking away from everything that has been said about us, ” added the defender.
“What they did is something unfair, they left us in a bad way, they damaged our image, the one who turned their back on us was our Captain Henry Hernández,” concluded Romero.
“I didn’t know why I wasn’t in the final concentration. They told me the national team captain had made numbers, I told them I would support them. The captain had a proposal and we just wanted to agree. We are not moving forward with players and resources, ”said Rodolfo“ Fito ”Zelaya.
“They call us to go to the national team for money, but everyone negotiates, I wasn’t in meetings, but I will always support my teammates. People speak things without knowing it, that’s the evil of our football. We are going to get worse every day because of the players, because of the media that, in order to cause damage, is putting out news without knowing it, ”added Zelaya.
“Friday night he told me about the Cobos and I told him that I would not be in the national team because I was 100% with my teammates. We are getting worse every day at our football with the media and the players out there, ”concluded the National Team’s historic striker.
For his part, Sherman Calvo, Alianza’s head of the brand, said: “Last Wednesday we had a good time with the players and the first point we said as leadership that we would respect the players’ decision whether or not to attend the squad. dial. ”.
“We firmly believe in the statements of the footballers, we fully support them, they had the right of expression after those comments,” Calvo continued.
“A big problem has arisen and I believe that those who have lost are Salvadorans. We canceled the first call because we called Hugo Carrillo to tell him that our players were willing to join the national team, but so far we have not received any feedback, ”confirmed Pedro Hernández, Alianza vice president.