“Disgusting and condemnable, you said it. He is well, calm and happy. There is no need to talk more about this”said Xavi at the press conference prior to the match against Cadiz by The league.
These statements by the Spanish coach arose after Burgos, in the middle of the warm-up of the Barcelona and for the cameras Movistar+the network that has the television rights to Spainfocused on the youth in the foreground Yamal while playing little games.
“Look at the quality, look at the little touches of Lamine Yamal”said the driver Susana Guasch. And they gave him the opportunity to speak: “Germán, 16 years old, huh.” Far from praising the striker, the former assistant Diego Simeone in Atlético de Madrid and current sportscaster made an unfortunate joke.
“Be careful, if he doesn’t do well he ends up at a traffic light, hahaha. And yes, it’s life. Football is like life. It’s what he knows how to do”He launched.
But this did not stop there, since the first reaction of Barcelona was refusing to give statements to the media after his comment went viral. Burgos and the company released a statement.
“In compliance with Movistar Plus+’s internal code of conduct, which contemplates a policy of zero tolerance for any discriminatory behavior, the platform has taken measures after the episode experienced last night, where one of its collaborators made inappropriate comments about the player Lamine Yamal”the text began.
“Movistar Plus+ and Germán ‘El Mono’ Burgos will immediately stop collaborating on the platform’s programs and the presenters will be notified of the space where these comments occurred”he concludes.
For its part, Burgos He apologized on social media: “I make this statement reiterating my apologies for my words in yesterday’s program. It was not my intention to harm Lamine Yamal, the people of FC Barcelona, the players, UEFA, or the Movistar Plus+ platform. where I work. When making my comment I chose to make a joke about quality and praise virtues, in no case was it about any ethnicity or social class.”
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