📹 Farewell in tears! Youngster suffers cruel late switch

Normally, after completed transfers, we are used to seeing different images: stars proudly wearing the shirt of their new club or smiling for the camera as they sign their contract.

Very late on Deadline Day, different scenes reached us from Spain: on Monday night, after his departure from Real Betis was confirmed, Pablo García left the club grounds alongside his mother — both were in tears.

A tearful farewell

That was shown in videos on ‘X’ — recorded by journalists and fans who had come to the grounds to say goodbye to him.

The 20-year-old youngster’s move to newly promoted La Liga side Racing Santander is the very symbol of a shattered dream.

According to reports, García had no intention whatsoever of leaving the club where he had learned to play football from a very young age. He had been part of the club for 15 years.

According to Spanish media reports, Betis sold him to make room in the squad structure — specifically for returning player Dani Ceballos.

Fans online are heavily criticizing the club’s management for this decision.

García himself was quoted after the tearful farewell at the club grounds, before his departure at the airport, as saying: “It is a very difficult time for everyone, but we have to keep our heads up and look forward.” This comes from a report by ‘Kicker’.

García would have wanted it differently

He said he hopes to return, and that there had been many things he had not been able to influence: “I wish everything had turned out the way we had hoped.”

What makes it especially bitter is that García actually had every reason to hope he would make his breakthrough at his youth club this year. He came on as a substitute in all three league matches and even scored the winner against Valencia.

What do you think? Does the emotional farewell and disappointment affect you, or is this simply the other side of the coin in the sometimes ruthless football business?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.