The Unió Esportiva de Sants released a statement on Tuesday night announcing the separation "by mutual agreement" of its player Cristian Ubón as a result of his participation in the final four of the Kings League last Sunday at the Camp Nou after deciding to be absent from the match of his club, which provoked criticism from his president.
The controversy over Joan Forcadell's words grew more than usual because Kun Agüero, in the gathering after the conclusion of the tournament, called him an "asshole" for not empathizing with the player in the face of a unique possibility such as playing in a Camp Nou full to the brim.
Ubón decided not to attend the Sants morning game (as he has done during the months that he has combined the two competitions) in order to avoid any physical setback that would have prevented him from fulfilling his dream. With El Barrio he was proclaimed champion of the first edition of the Kings League and was named MVP of the league. Without his presence, what was his team lost against Vilafranca (3-2) in a direct duel for permanence and continues in the relegation places of the Third RFEF with four days to go.
In the statement, Sants indicates that the player "understands everything that has happened" and therefore "both parties decided not to continue on our path together." At the same time, he publicly congratulates Ubón on his success that "we cannot offer him and that he deserves." He also says that "the player doesn't want to further harm the team by not feeling in the right mentality to continue playing defending our colors."
The EU of Sants revealed that his already former colleagues felt "betrayed" but at the same time "aware that everyone would have done the same". On his Instagram account, Ubón dedicated a story: "Everything has ended well, by mutual agreement. Thanks to the EU of Sants for the treatment received during this time," he wrote.
"It never rains to everyone's taste" and when we should be happy and enjoying the MVP of one of our players, whom we have supported from the beginning and congratulate him publicly, today we are the subject of a debate, we believe that unfair and unsuccessful.
We find ourselves in the middle of a confrontation between purist football and the Kings League, which has come to stay, in the face of the values and efforts of a modest club that fights every year to maintain the category, of some colleagues who felt betrayed but, at At the same time aware that everyone would have done the same. We do not prohibit, and we want it to be clear, that our player Cristian Ubón played one of the most important games of his life, we just wanted one of our heroes to help us try to maintain the category for another year. And he was perfectly compatible, as he has been every Sunday. And it was also his commitment. The image of our players crying on the pitch after the defeat in Vilafranca is a difficult image to erase. And we are not only asking for respect for our club, for our 100-year history, for our fans who may like, why not, the Kings League.
We understand the situation, but we don't like all this noise at all. We don't have such a powerful speaker. Whatever we do, we will be criticized and it is not a pleasant or loved situation.
We would like the Sants EU to be talked about with respect and we invite everyone, including those who think we are bad people or "assholes", to come one day and see how hard it is to survive in this complicated world that is football. modest, and we will show you our "PRIDE SANTSENC" and our desire to have, one day, our beloved La Magòria football field, yes, because we do not have our own field, but we have values and education, although someone believes that we do not . And if they visit us, maybe that way they will understand that we are not such bad people. To our members and members, fans and fans, ask you to give support, once again, to these boys who will give their lives in the field for our colors.
In short, we are not going against anything or anyone. We just want it to be understood that we are very happy about the successes of our players, but that we cry when our team loses. For all this, and by mutual agreement with the player, who understands everything that has happened, we both decided not to continue on our way together. We cannot offer him the success that he deserves and he does not want to harm the team further by not feeling in the right mindset to continue playing defending our colors. So today our paths part. We wish him all the luck in the world and that a part of this luck stays with us and with our team in order to maintain the category. We are popular football, we are modest football, we are neighborhood football!"
