Latest Aston Villa news from BirminghamLive brings you an explanation as to why Monchi was addressing fans in San Fernando, his boyhood club
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Aston Villa chief Monchi has embarked on a desperate mission to save his boyhood club San Fernando CD from the threat of extinction.
The club were relegated to Third Division RFEF last season and their owners do not want to sell their stake in the club and is claimed to be considering liquidation.
That has sparked major demonstrations in a bid to change their mind and among those who were joining was Monchi who is trying to save the club.
He flew out to San Fernando to make his feelings clear amid a passion ovation and told journalists that they have a back-up plan should the unthinkable happen.
Patricia Cavada, the town's mayor, does not want to contemplate that scenario and is hoping to convince MTM investments to change their mind about selling the club.
Both Monchi and the mayor urged the group to sell up, as there were investors willing to buy it, but so far, it has fallen on deaf ears.
In a heartfelt letter to the fans, Monchi said: "I’ve been in professional football for 37 years, since I left as a young lad from my hometown team, back then CD San Fernando. I’ve been fortunate to experience wonderful and unrepeatable moments with my Sevilla FC, above all, winning the unimaginable. I also enjoyed them with Roma, and now I’m living and savouring them with Aston Villa.
"What I experienced today in my city, San Fernando, La Isla de León, without being any title or European qualification, I place in a privileged spot among my memories.
"Today, a city has shown that football is a feeling so deep that it surpasses many barriers. Today, a city without the spotlight of mega-professional football, but through love and identification with its colors, has reclaimed the value and pride of grassroots football.
"Now I have a bittersweet feeling, and I write this with contained emotion but proud to share with my fellow townspeople the same blue sentiment. That said, I pose questions and doubts that have been swirling in my mind these past two months, but which today, after what I’ve experienced, grow even stronger. Is it fair that a city, a fanbase, a feeling, a set of colors could lose their reason for being and their existence due to the despicable whim of an investment group that uses this sentiment as a broken toy?
"Shouldn’t @RFAF and @rfef protect their affiliated clubs and their fans? Are you really going to let @SanFernando_CD die?The @RAEinforma says that justice is a value that inclines one to act and judge, guided by truth and giving each what they deserve. @rfef and @RFAF apply justice and give @SanFernando_CD and San Fernando what they deserve: continuity as an entity, as a feeling, and as a football club. Apply reason and rationality, and don’t let it die. Football will thank you for it."