Aston Villa director of football Monchi has ‘fought tirelessly’ to save his hometown club San Fernando, something which he is now on the brink of achieving.
That’s according to El Desmarque, who cover his new role as president of CD San Fernando 1940, who were officially registered on Thursday.
They explain that the Aston Villa chief has been fighting tirelessly to ensure his city and club continue to have a team next season.
That’s led him to form the new club, CD San Fernando 1940, with the battle to save the original club San Fernando, ongoing.
Monchi will be the president and figurehead of the new project, which will take its first steps in the Andalusian Third Division after San Fernando were relegated due to an inability to be registered.
The city and the surrounding area have been facing the prospect of the nightmare of the historic club coming to an end as the current ownership refuse to sell but also don’t want to keep it running either.
That’s led Monchi to register the club under a new name and badge to maintain the federation licenses and ensure a team from San Fernando is still competing next season. His new creation was formalised on Thursday after being registered in the Andalusian Registry of Sports Entities. Monchi is listed as the ‘main manager’ of the club.
This new project will allow San Fernando fans to continue enjoying their team, from scratch, albeit with some nuances such as the changed name and badge.
It has not stopped the fight for the original San Fernando to be saved, though, with the Aston Villa director making this clear in comments to El Castillo.
“We are still in the fight to save San Fernando CD, but it was necessary to register this new entity as a precaution,” he said.
“Hopefully, it won’t be necessary to use it. This new club, ‘El San Fernando CD 1940,’ hopefully won’t be used, because that would mean the original San Fernando CD remains alive, but it was an obligation, and the obligation of all of us who are committed to the club, to register the new club.”
