Real Madrid Tried To Hide Youth Player Evidence – Manuel Godoy’s Dad

The father of Manuel Godoy believes Real Madrid tried to hide their involvement with his son during FIFA’s investigation into the club.

Madrid, along with city rivals Atletico, were last week banned from registering players during the summer 2016 and winter 2017 windows for breaking youth transfer rules, although the La Liga clubs have denied any wrongdoing and say they will appeal.

When Barcelona were first punished for breaking the same rules, it was widely reported in Spain that Madrid might face a similar problem. Back in April 2014, Marca pointed out that Venezuela youth international Godoy was one of a number of foreign-born youngsters involved in the youth setup.

But 12 months ago some reports claimed that Godoy had never actually officially signed with Los Blancos, as FIFA had not ratified the deal.

AS also said at the time that Madrid planned to meet with the parents of the player, who first came to the club’s attention in 2012 when he was just 12 years old.

His parents, Ramon Godoy and Gladys Torralba, appeared on Radio 4G “A la Contra” on Monday night, and said that once the potential problem with FIFA arose, Madrid broke off all contact.

“We never signed any official document,” Godoy Sr. said. “They did send a letter telling him he had to join up for the season. [Then] one Monday they told the kid that he could not train. They told us FIFA were investigating.

“Real Madrid rejected Manuel, it seemed like they wanted to hide him. They never got back in touch with us. We were told that Real Madrid burned Manuel’s file. They treated Manuel as if he had a sickness.”