Getafe President Dismisses Chrisantus Uche's Racism Claims

Getafe President Dismisses Chrisantus Uche's Racism Claims

Getafe President Angel Torres and Assistant Manager Patri Moreno have both stated that they do not believe the allegations made by Chrisantus Uche regarding racial abuse. They claim that Uche's limited understanding of Spanish makes his account of the events unreliable, BSNSports.com.ng has sourced.

This week, the Nigerian international gave an interview to ESPN Africa, where he mentioned that he had experienced racial slurs in La Liga. Moreno stated on Wednesday night that although he had not heard what Uche had said, he must be mistaken as he doesn't understand Spanish. President Torres has taken the same line, rather than backing his player. “But he doesn’t understand! How can he tell you that? When he has been here for one or two years and understands and speaks Spanish, he can say whatever he wants. Let’s hope that the committees or whoever corresponds understands it,” Torres told Sport. Torres is either unaware or ignoring the fact that Uche has been playing his football in Spain since 2022, first at Moralo in Extremadura and then at Ceuta, from where Getafe signed him. Uche also criticised the referees in his interview, and fearing a ban, Torres also decided that Uche should not be listened to due to Spanish not being his native language. “I don’t want to justify him, but someone who doesn’t speak Spanish and (who) gets the microphone stuck in front of him… The journalist who asks him those things… (Uche says) well, what everyone hears is that the referees are very bad, and he decides to just say that,” justified Torres. “My press officers are as much to blame for not being there and listening to it (during the interview) as the journalist who asks that question to a kid who arrived a month and a half ago. But hey, I’ll talk to him and listen to the interview… and I’ll tell him that he’s completely mistaken. Although it is not the right question to ask a boy who has just arrived, it does not justify him having to speak badly about the referees or anyone.”