The

Rayo Vallecano

squad

issued a statement this Saturday in which they declare they feel "

helpless by the club

" and show their discomfort with the entity chaired by

Raúl Martín Presa

, whom they also accuse of "

non-payments and delays

" in last year's payroll.

The trigger for the malaise of the franjirroja squad has been the

continuing uncertainty about the last Copa del Rey match against Elche

, which in the last two days

has changed venue

on several occasions to go from being played first at the

Vallecas Stadium

, then in the Ciudad Deportiva and finally in the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas with a time

change three times

.

In its statement, the Rayo staff also complains about the

ERTE

that they suffered last year, regrets that the directive "did not want to reach an agreement" with them and they complain that they suffered "delays in payroll, when not defaults, and a long string of issues that are unimaginable for a professional football club. "

In addition, the Rayo footballers also criticize that the sports director (

David Cobeño

), a former partner of many of them, "despite being in charge of the dialogue with the board, hardly appears on a day-to-day basis and, when he does, he does not offers solutions. "

"We feel helpless for the club and

tired of constantly having to live in situations like the ones we have described

. Our only professional desire is to be able to return Rayo to the place it deserves and focus on sporting aspects. We hope to be able to enjoy our fans very soon. In the meantime, we will avoid making comments, we will only continue to focus on our sporting commitments, fighting every day to give each one of us the best of ourselves, "they say, explaining that" certain club decisions go against the basic measures against Covid- 19 and endanger our health and that of our families.

Upset and indignation in Elche

The president of

Elche CF, Joaquín Buitrago

, assured Efe that the Elche club is upset with the new change of scenery and schedule of the Copa del Rey match against Rayo Vallecano, since he affirms that it breaks all the planning and work scheduled by its coaching staff.

The Cup tie, a single match, was initially scheduled for 12:00 hours this Saturday at the Vallecas stadium.

On Friday, with the Elche team already traveling to Madrid, the scene and schedule changed to the Rayista sports city at

4:00 p.m.

as a result of the state of the field after the storm.

Finally, the meeting has been set in Las Rozas at

10:00 p.m.

, when Elche had planned his return trip for this afternoon.

"All this situation

breaks our planning,

" said the president of Elche, who recalled that the club had planned the trip so that the team had the maximum possible rest to play in the best conditions the transcendental LaLiga match this Tuesday against Valladolid , direct rival for salvation.

"The damage has already been done," reiterated the leader, who confirmed that the team will spend the night in Madrid and will travel again to Elche this Sunday.

Buitrago complained of a lack of foresight

on the part of Rayo Vallecano and completely rejected the possibility that the match was postponed to next Sunday due to the immediacy of the commitment against Valladolid.

"There has been a lack of foresight. We believe that it could have been planned earlier.

Why not have played at 12.00 in Las Rozas?

", Asked the manager.

Buitrago's indignation is a reflection of that of the entire Elche expedition, which did not believe the bad conditions in which the Ciudad Deportiva was, with a frozen area and half a meter of snow on the bands, a week after the snow storm.

In turn, the president also mentioned

Rayo's surreal offer to play in Vallecas

: "They offered us to

shorten the field

so as not to play in the frozen area of ​​the sports city."

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