Albert Benaiges
earned a reputation at Barça as a talent spotter. Not surprisingly, it had a lot to do with the arrival at the club of figures of the stature of
Andrés Iniesta
. Last week, after rejoining the club's grassroots football last summer at the hands of
Joan Laporta, it
was announced that he was
leaving office for personal reasons.
The newspaper
Ara
, with the publication of an investigative report in which alleged abuses of minors in a school in Les Corts are uncovered, has revealed
a dark side
that the general public never knew about. Up to now.
According to this medium, a large number of minors were involved in different acts of sexual overtones throughout the time that Benaiges was responsible for physical education at the Barcelona school, in the Barcelona neighborhood of Les Corts. One of the alleged victims, in fact, has already filed a complaint in court this Friday and forecasts indicate that
there will be many more
over the next few days. The testimonies collected by the newspaper
Ara
describe
touching the intimate parts of both
male and
female students,
as well as a series of alleged games that also involved manual contact with the genitals and even group masturbation with pornographic films in between.
On December 4, after Barça became aware of the journalistic investigation that was being carried out,
the departure
of a coach
was precipitated
, who, in fact, was also on the agenda of other candidates for the presidency , like
Víctor Font
and
Luis Fernández Alá,
for the great work they had carried out in the Barça quarry. In the Barcelona entity there are no similar episodes to those reported by former students of the school with which Benaiges was linked.
Benaiges, born on January 1, 1950 in Mexico, played a crucial role in Barça's grassroots football for practically 20 years, between 1991 and 2011. The arrival of
Sandro Rosell
to the presidency
, on the other hand, precipitated his departure from the entity,
since the ex-president wanted to count on people of his confidence in the work that this one was carrying out. Then, he went to Dubai, to carry out a work similar to that carried out in the ranks of Al Wasl, and although there were even rumors about a possible interest in signing him on the part of Real Madrid, he would later go through the Mexican Chivas and Vissel Kobe, a club that Andrés Iniesta himself had joined.
In the last elections, his name was the subject of dispute among many of the candidates who were going to fight to succeed
Josep Maria Bartomeu
at the head of the club.
Now, his facet as a talent finder has been overshadowed by highly serious accusations that he will have to face in court.
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