In the midst of the pain and sadness over the death of her son, Claudia, the mother of Santiago García, gave a brief press conference in Mendoza and was lapidary with José Mansur, president of Godoy Cruz. His first sentence, firm and with his voice broken at times, was the beginning of his extremely harsh testimony. “This man, who never got tired of despising, groping and humiliating him, never answered me. I’m here because all my friends and my family allowed me to go to Mendoza to look for the body of my son. And this man is spending his vacations, very deserved, but even if it was he would have given me condolences. I am Uruguayan, I have an education and condolences are given, he did not even do that. “
“In addition,” he added, “I wanted to clarify that when Mr. Mansur said that (El Morro) was a negative leader for the club, that he had not given anything, he should have cleaned him out of the club if he were a conflictive element. My son was always a good companion, a humble man, a little boy who helped everyone. He was always by the side of his companions and never disrespected anyone. So, on those vacations he is taking, every day of his life he will remember me What he did is not done, knowing that this negative person as a leader, negative as an idol of the club, was going through a depression. “
Claudia closed: “I want to remind Mr. Mansur that isolation by Covid is a very complex circumstance. And he, the only thing he did was wait for the business and my son died for the business. There are people who live to make money for the other people’s skills. “
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The Morro García wake in Mendoza. (Photos from Diario El Sol)
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Arriving from Uruguay after knowing the death of her 30-year-old son, Claudia aimed directly against José Mansur, who had hung the striker. The president of the club issued a striking statement this Sunday morning.
-How were these last days and when did you communicate with Santiago?
-Monday was my birthday and he told me that he was going home, that he was going back to Uruguay, that he had agreed with Mr. Mansur. But later he repented, as he always regrets, and asked him for the other 50 percent of the pass that was managed by a man named Daniel Fonseca, and who owes my son and the family a lot of transfer dollars. Mr. Mansur knows this perfectly, he knew that Santiago was desperate to leave.
– Was that very bad?
– It was very bad. We are from a very close family. I get up every day at 5 in the morning, I go to work, I work saving lives because I am a nurse, and it turns out that in this pandemic we were never able to cross to Buenos Aires or get to Mendoza. And Santiago’s daughter, neither. My mother is 87 years old and I did not create it to bring her the body of her grandson so that she can say goodbye. He was a great person, a humble guy, and the mistake he made was not to get rid of people who are corrupt, who don’t have codes. (To Mansur) He lacked chivalry to handle the situation of depression of a person who was going through these moments, sincerity when talking and negotiating, where Santiago’s weight increased as he signed a contract or not. Santiago was fat because he was depressed, he had no enthusiasm for what he had, he was alone and this man returned to play with him. But I am a strong woman and I will live every day with my granddaughter, who was left without her father, telling him that this man should have more respect for the other, that football is precious but it is not just money. My son made many friends who cried for him and will miss him. Sometimes when talking about depression, it is not a question of one having to say ‘no, no, he’s sad’ …. Santiago was depressed, treated, and he as president of the club should have taken things from otherwise, to have spoken in another way, to have remembered. According to him, Santiago passed without pain or glory here, but Santiago fell in love with the club, the fans and the city. And he was not carried away by any negotiation. If you don’t get close to the big football business, you are relegated as this man said, who said that he was going to make it run through the grass for six months. It is lapidary for a player, for his esteem. But since this man must be a rancher or have a business where what does not work is thrown away, he wanted to throw away my son. But there is me and there is my granddaughter and we are going to remind her all her life that these things are not done.
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The Morro García wake in Mendoza. (Photos from Diario El Sol)
-What did it feel to see the affection of the fans?
-It is a great emotion because I know that people loved him, respected him and knew that he gave the most he could for the shirt. Sometimes you want to mask sadness and, if you are not well, you do not give up. Someone said that you play as you live, and if you find yourself isolated and looked down upon by the person who has to shelter you with greater capacity and empathy because he is the president of a club, it makes things more difficult.
-So when did Santiago call you for the last time?
-Santiago called me on February 1, when I turned 51, and told me that he was at home on Saturday. But then it occurred to Mr. Mansur to ask the other 50% from a club that is managed by Mr. Daniel Fonseca … I advise any mother not to approach that man, because he is a great swindler and a bad person .
-Didn’t they let him go for money?
-They made it impossible for him to leave because nobody knows. Santiago was not in Sebastián Méndez’s plans to play, to concentrate, he was not in anyone’s plans. Then, knowing of the depression he suffered, (Mansur) asked him for one more effort, which was to go and ask that other person for the 50th pass, and that detonated him. We have precious memories of the Godoy Cruz fans and we are grateful, but we leave with the illusions of my son inside a drawer. I appreciate it and I owe it to Mr. José Mansur. Because social networks are universal and every time I had a little free time I looked at the things and the disasters that I said. I asked Santiago to come out and answer, but he said no because it was going to be worse. So it was necessary to keep quiet, accept and allow this man, with all the impunity he has in this province, to speak and say what he said. Even knowing, and he as president, that Santiago was in treatment. So I wish him the best. I hope you can send me a message of condolences: it is done in Uruguay, I don’t know here.
The Morro García wake in Mendoza. (Photos from Diario El Sol)
