Hello, Paulo. When the media asked about the game against Espanyol that you have put under suspicion, I dismissed the whole thing, replying that it was news to me. But a couple of days later, my children returned from school asking me if what they had heard from their schoolmates was true. For this reason, and only for this reason, I feel I should write this letter to you and ask you for an explanation that I believe my children and all our fans deserve.

In your first version about this issue, you said that you refused to play in the match and that the president went down to the dressing room to pressure the team himself. I am unaware if your conversation with Gil existed, but what I can totally assure you is that he didn't meet with the players to tell us to lose the game. Despite my various run-ins with him, he never asked me to do anything illegal, and throwing a game is illegal.

Shortly after, you changed your version of events, saying "I don't know what the president would have said to my teammates". I'm sorry, Paulo, but I can't believe that. What I can say is that neither before nor after the game, anybody, including you, commented anything about it whatsoever. This is why I am asking you to give the name of any player that can confirm your version of events or amend your words. As I said at the beginning, my children and our fans deserve it. I, meanwhile, will continue to go to the Calderón with my head held high.