exits the businessman fernando chaverohe does it by mutual agreement, apparently convinced despite the tumult experienced in the offices in the last year, a startled stage in the legal field closes and another open to tranquility, to calm, to the desire to move forward with a firm step opens, but little by little, without urgency, that of David Villa as the largest shareholder in charge of the property through his multinational DV7 Group.
The all-time top scorer of the Spanish soccer team has formalized the transfer of powers this Tuesday at the Intempo building in the tourist capital. He has done so surrounded by his closest collaborators, national references such as william lovewhich gives its name to the stadium where the now Guaje team plays, his former teammate in the Valencia CF Claudio “Piojo” Lopezand backed by the city authorities, convinced, after a few difficult months for the entity, that the entry of the World and European champion with La Roja It is the best thing that could happen to the club, which competes in Regional and, “with patience”aspires to approach professional football.
“Today is a great day”said Villa, who wanted to transfer to Benidorm “everything I dreamed I could do for football when I retire.” “We want to develop grassroots football, but not only for boys and girls, but also for coaches and leave a legacy. We want to work from the base and what we can contribute is work, illusion, desire and effort”, explained the Asturian.
“We do not bring a magic wand. The most important thing is to connect with the community. We cannot go to a city or country without the people to whom it is addressed not enjoying the process”
“Basic football is my passion. You have to look after the Messi o Cristiano“added the former player of Valencia, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Real Zaragoza and Sporting de Gijón, among other teams, who clarified that the objectives of the group are not “for now”.
“The results take a while. You have to be patient and do things well because in the end it will come out. No hurrybut we don’t want to stand still”, explained Villa, who revealed that he is “happy with the progress of the team”, who is not going to “demand promotion”. CF Benidorm is fifth in group 7 of the First Regional, 16 points behind the leader, El Campello, with 7 days to go before the end of the regular season.
“We don’t bring a Magic wand. The most important thing is to connect with the community. We cannot go to a city or country without the people to whom it is addressed not enjoying the process,” explained Guaje, who revealed that he maintains a sentimental bond with Benidormas he summered in the town for several years as a child.
Together with the new maximum shareholder of the club were the CEO of the company DV7 Group, Victor Onateand of Jordi Bruixola, former director general of Castellón, who will be in charge of directing the day-to-day running of the entity. The latter indicated that for him “it is an enormous responsibility to ensure that this city can feel proud of his team.”
“We want contribute total footballwhich is educating, training in grassroots football and then, with the first team, moving up the ranks because Benidorm cannot be in such a low category for the prestige of football and the city”, said Bruixola, who wanted to “open the club to the whole world”.
New hallmarks
CF Benidorm will have a new shield which will be used from next year. The logo is formed by the silhouette of the island with a B and sea waves. Oñate described the trajectory of his business group as an “exciting” step, which started “like a dream of David’s when we were in New York.”
“We are a group of people who want to help David to leave a legacy and transmit the accumulated experience in soccer, with an international vision because the company has strong roots in the United States, South America and Japan”, he explained. “We want all the children who play in our schools to know Benidorm and build a project that people are proud of of the city,” said Oñate.
The presentation featured video messages from three of the most important professional soccer players the city has ever produced, such as william love, antonio lopez y Vicente Blanco ‘Tito’. The three thanked DV7 Group for their bet for his hometown and wished that he could lead the team to semi-professional categories.
The president of the Football Federation of the Valencian Community, Salvador Gomarwelcomed the new project and assured that the new leaders and was convinced that Benidorm will become a referent of football with this project “as it already is of music”.
The still president of Benidorm, Jose Santiago Lopezrecalled the creation of the club from scratch in 2017 and stressed that the best news since its founding has been the arrival of Villa’s group to consolidate and grow the project.
The mayor Benidorm, Tony Lopez, closed the act underlining the commitment to football in his city and thanked “the discretion and knowledge” of the new management group. “In this city we are used to grow up in little spacethat is why the foundation and a good base are so important,” he stated in relation to the work in the quarry.
