“I’ll keep going until I get rid of the council”

The former president of Seville Jose Maria del Nido Benaventewho recently saw his request for precautionary measures against the last Shareholders’ Meeting rejected by a judge, has assured that he will continue to fight in the courts to achieve the removal of the current board of directors which he leads jose castro and “which leads to the destruction of the creature.”

Of the nestin a letter sent to the agency EFEremember that Castro “Not only was he not approved by the majority of the capital at the last General Shareholders’ Meeting held at the end of last December, but the same majority voted in favor of his dismissal, not ratifying the agreement due to the illegal maneuvers of Mr. Castro Carmona that it is unreasonable to prevent the vote of more than 30,000 shares, in such a way that, if it is allowed, all the members of the Board of Directors will be dismissed,” he warned.

The former president added that, “as the majority shareholder” of Sevilleas the “personal owner of about 25% of the capital stock” and having the “support of family, friends and other relevant associates” which allows him to control the majority of the capital” of the entity, it is ” it is inconceivable that An Ang’s aspiration, not an obsession, should be marked as ambitious, as the ousting of a body of government by those who lead it to ruin so speedily.”

An “aspiration that is not only legitimate and lawful because it is supported by the majority of social capital, but is even forced by the disastrous situation” in which the current managers lead the club, “not only in the field of sports, but also in economy,” he said.

Of the nest highlighted that “the objective of the losses generated in the 2021/22 financial year of approximately 25 million euros, increasing the disastrous economic management of the previous 2020/21 financial year, where the same Board of Directors lost 41.4 million euros, so that, in the last two financial years, which had the highest income in the history of the SFC (186 million euros in the 2021/22 season and 170 million euros in the 2020/21 season), was generated 66 million euros of losses, which led to the loss of 2/3 of the Company’s net assets”.

He also pointed out that the “increase in operating costs has been in the last four years, from 46 to 70 million euros, that is, 50% more” and that the financial damage of the club is “huge, because it has lost from having a positive balance in the banks of more than 52 million euros during the 2019/20 season, a negative balance of more than 5 million euros during the 2020/21 season, and a negative balance of more than forty million euros in the campaign 2021/ 22, that is, a financial breakdown of more than 92 million euros”.

“All this is added to the fact that, as public and well-known, the current Board of Directors has led the Entity to a known institutional breakdown, to the significant devaluation of the sports squad of the first team -its value is 180 million. euros less than last year, according to the expert press-, to the lack of leadership in the world of football, even across the country, and to the fact that rivals in the astral distance are now competing on a level which is higher than the first team”, recounted the former president between 2002 and 2013.

“Beguiled” by the agreement

Of the nest He pointed out that when he started speaking out against the current board of directors, in mid-2020, it was because he was “victim of the deception that came from the signing of a supposed stability agreement, which contemplated compensation for two top. managers” of the entity.

“Actually, in the three years that this agreement was in force, they were unfairly increased by 50%, as the Club itself certified a few days ago. Since then, I have not been the one to prosecute the Sevilla Fútbol Club , but first it was Mr. José Castro Carmona and his partners who sued me to insist on compliance with the alleged stability agreement that they violated, arising from a scheme in which they obtained an unfair precautionary measures, which the Provincial Court revoked for that reason. of Seville”, he argued.

“Later, Mr. Castro Carmona and his partners sued me again for allegedly violating the aforementioned stability agreement that they themselves had previously violated, claiming the untold amount of 30 million euros as a punishment, which found this lawsuit in processing at present”, he added in this regard.

Of the nest reflects that “access to Justice is a fundamental right that must be guaranteed in any democratic, participatory and egalitarian society. The right of all people to use legal tools and mechanisms so that their rights are recognized and protected” and Therefore, that José Castro “expressly blames him for the fact” that he went to Justice to defend himself against those who attacked him, “is not worthy as it is disgusting, especially that when the person who does it is the one who actually started it. attacks judicially.”

The former president added Castro prevents “the exercise of the right to vote not by any member, but by the majority of members who, with their shares, control the majority of the capital of the society; all this with the idea of ​​perpetuating itself in the government of a Club which the members openly disapproved of him and agreed to his expulsion”, so he considered that the position of president “occupies him without any legitimacy, also receiving a very high salary that not only does not he failed to be accepted despite the fact that his management caused enormous and multimillion-dollar losses”.

The famous trial and the “Pepe Castro, resignation”

“As heavy as it is for Mr. Castro Carmona, I will maintain my claims in the Courts, because they are fair and legitimate and, given the situation, they are also mandatory. That some of the precautionary measures that I have requested up to now are not yet accepted They do not destroy my full confidence that the Courts will resolve the lawsuits against me,” he announced.

“Another test, which is the institutional and economic management of the Sevilla Football Club, has already been sentenced by the shareholders at the last General Meeting, disapproval of the corporate management, refusal to approve the annual accounts and the majority of share capital supporting the dismissal of the Board of Directors Finally, the trial of sports management has been taking place for some time at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium, where every day the fans shout ” Pepe Castro, resign!” Of the nest.