Former soccer player Alfonso Pérez Muñoz stated this Wednesday, after the decision to remove his name from the Getafe stadium, that “if for some reason the name of the field has to be changed, let it be for an economic issue and not for an ideological or political issue.” any other reason.”
The City Council of Getafe (Madrid) and Getafe CF agreed this Wednesday to rename the city’s stadium, which was changed from Coliseum Alfonso Pérez to just Coliseum, after statements by the former player to the newspaper El Mundo in which he said that women’s football does not can be equated with the masculine.
“Although I have never played for Getafe, I have always tried to contribute and help as much as I could to both the city of Getafe and the club. I have always been proud to carry the name of Getafe everywhere I have been in the world,” says Alfonso in a video broadcast on social networks.
“Men’s football,” he adds, “generates much more income and has much more media impact than any women’s football match or team.” “Unfortunately it is like that, it will never be able to compare,” she continues.
“What I commented in the interview is that women’s football has never been as good as it is now, but that it could never be compared to men’s football. Just like models have much more media impact than models. It is like that and it has been like this all my life,” stressed the former soccer player.
Pérez, 51 years old, who claims to have “not told any lies,” emphasizes: “I have nothing against women. I have a mother, and I have a daughter who plays soccer, and I hope one day I can reach the First Division and international, but even though she is my daughter, she will never be able to compare to what a male player can earn.
Likewise, he wants to clarify what he told El Mundo that he would force “(Pep) Guardiola and the girls of the women’s team to kiss the Spanish flag.” In the video, she states: “Guardiola, as you know, has been a colleague of mine, a very good friend. The only thing I don’t share with him is his ideology, and I have already told him that many times. “What I wanted to convey is that all players of any sport, not just football, who do not feel identified with their country, in this case with the Spanish team, should resign from the team.”
“There may be the circumstance that there are many players who do not feel Spanish and who are in the national team right now, which is why I have commented on it, in the sense that whoever goes to the national team has to feel proud” , ends.
