The arrest, as confirmed on Tuesday by the government delegation in La Rioja, took place last Wednesday, August 10
Guillermo de Soto, hitherto coach of Club Deportivo Varea’s first team, has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing several minors. The arrest, as confirmed by the government delegation on Tuesday, took place on Wednesday, August 10.
The National Police is investigating what happened and will not make any further announcements about this in order not to disrupt the investigation. The government delegation has asked for caution when targeting underage victims.
According to club sources, the coach missed the team’s training on Thursday afternoon and the session scheduled for Friday morning without any justification, without the entity having any communication from the coach.
The Varea board then made the decision to remove the Bilbao coach from the team, to fire Guillermo de Soto for “absence without due cause” and to put ‘Pitu’, the then second coach, in charge of the squad.
Rumors spread over the weekend and reached the leaders of the capital club, who have not yet received official notice that their former coach has been arrested, despite the government delegation having already confirmed it.
De Soto joined the squad two seasons ago and this was his second season as coach of Varea’s first team. In addition, due to the status of the club agreed with Club Atlético Osasuna, he worked as a scout for the red entity. Before taking up his current position, he worked as a salesman, but due to his position within the Logroñes team and his association with the Navarra team, he was solely focused on football.
Source: La Verdad
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