José Miguel Garrido, new maximum shareholder of CD Tenerife: "Football has been learned"

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"I bet on risk, on emotion and I got people to be moved by my performances."

This is how the mythical tamer and circus businessman

summed up his career.

He died suddenly on May 5, 2010 in Alcorcón.

And at the doors of the funeral home, the figure of his nephew,

(Madrid, 1965) stood out.

He was the one who spoke to the media, who paid for the funeral and who has made his uncle's motto his own when facing his various business projects, among which is CD Tenerife, of which he has just become its maximum shareholder.

The blue and white team, which plays its Copa del Rey tie against Pontevedra this Wednesday (9:00 p.m.), held the General Shareholders' Meeting on December 14, which marked the farewell of

as president after 16 years in office.

His place is taken by

, who was president of the Government of the Canary Islands between 2007 and 2015. Garrido controls around 10,000 shares directly, to which he adds those of a syndication that unites him with the outgoing Concepción and two other businessmen from the island,

and

.

"Whoever comes to football has to come learned" or "if you don't like it, don't get close" are two of his favorite phrases.

He knows what he is talking about: he was the largest shareholder of

, which he saved from disappearance and promoted to the 2nd Division, and of

, which he promoted to 2nd B. He also showed interest in Elche, Córdoba and English Wigan.

"I am very well on the island. I do this because I like it and nobody forces me," he affirms emphatically.

He landed there in 2019, at the hands of the lawyer and economist

, a former counselor who was looking to open a front in the opposition.

It would not take long for him to disassociate himself from it and join forces with the board of directors.

His figure was received with suspicion.

The Madrid businessman, who boasts of "never lying" began working in a circus - his mother was the trapeze artist

- and has held important positions in Campofrío, Aurgi, Unilevel, García Carrión, Yoplait and Pernord-Ricard /Larios.

He was a founding partner of

, the vulture investment fund that was the main shareholder of Hispania Racing, the only Spanish Formula 1 license and whose directors have been investigated for alleged tax offenses and money laundering in the case of the Nummaria office, connected to the

.

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"

," he says.

That is why she became interested in Tenerife.

He was looking for a team with tradition and tradition and facilities "that allow us to continue growing and move up in category without having to make investments that will be detrimental to what you can put on the field."

He boasts of his ability to delegate and achieve success, in this case, sporting.

"

he sums up.

The social mass was also key.

"

, even in Miranda de Ebro!", He highlights.

"It's incredible. There isn't one, there are 80, 90 or 100 people there. You don't know how important that is for the club, for the footballers, or for anyone who has a certain responsibility and sees those people there. You ask yourself 'but what are these people doing here, that they have to work tomorrow?'"

He himself experienced the roar of the fans at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium, on a hot June 20, 1993. "

," he says.

"I was very young, but it was the second game we won against Real Madrid. I'm not saying 'we took away the league,' because if they had come here with a 10-point advantage they would have won it. But that chant about 'we took away' something... Hey, you lost the leagues in the 37 games you played before."

But nostalgia does not stop him when considering that it is necessary to build a new stadium.

"My grandfather's car is very nice, and it has its history, but I have a new one because the needs of today are different from those we had 30, 40 or 50 years ago. I want to aspire to have the best possible house."

Because he, who now lives in London, grew up under a tent, and that taught him something key: "

."

And so did his uncle.

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