Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez is “shocked and shocked” after the previous director of Barcelona’s youth groups has been accused of sexually abusing dozens of former pupils at a public faculty the place he additionally labored.
Xavi was informed by authorities in northeastern Spain on Saturday that they have been launching an investigation after the newspaper ARA reported that greater than 60 of his former college students had accused Albert Benez of sexually abusing him whereas he was in a Barcelona public. There was a bodily schooling instructor within the faculty. The ARA mentioned Benzes denied any wrongdoing.
It appears not one of the former Barcelona gamers have been concerned within the allegations.
Benignes, 71, was a key member of Barcelona’s youth coaching academy from 1991–2011, coinciding with a technology of the membership’s greatest gamers, together with Andrés Iniesta and Xavi.
The grotesque story rising in Barcelona as longtime Barca youth coach Albert Benezes has been accused of sexual abuse by 60 totally different women and men… https://t.co/i31IvNTlhs
— Ben Hayward (@bghayward) December 10, 2021
After stints overseas with international golf equipment, Benzes returned to Barcelona final 12 months following Joan Laporta’s return to the presidency. He had resigned final week reportedly on account of private causes.
“I am not aware that any such incident has happened, although this does not mean that it did not happen,” Xavi informed a daily press convention earlier than the match. “He was my coach and I by no means had any doubts. I’m so shocked and shocked, I did not anticipate it.
“This is a very delicate, very complex issue,” Xavi mentioned. “I’ve spoken with the teaching employees as a result of we love Albert Benzes a lot. This has shocked us loads. We have all the time had a beautiful relationship and he left a beautiful legacy. It is the justice system that must be determined.”
Barcelona has but to remark publicly on the investigation.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
