The current president of Cartagena, a personal friend of the former owner of Leganés, does not intend to leave his post to land at the Enrique Roca
They have a special relationship, one of maximum trust. For this reason, since Felipe Moreno began to cook up the idea of landing at Real Murcia a few months ago, he thought of Paco Belmonte as the ideal partner for his new journey in football. The friendship and great personal relationship that unites the former owner of Leganés and the current president and sports director of Cartagena began to take shape in 2008, when Belmonte began to take his first steps in football as sports director of Atlético Ciudad de Evedasto Lifante, a team that He was then a member of Segunda B. In the 2008-09 campaign, in fact, the red and black team faced what would be the new Belmonte team months later.
Moreno is distrustful and is always accompanied by close people, as he did during his time at the helm of Leganés
And it is that the relationship between Moreno and Belmonte became labor in 2010, when the Murcian coach worked for the builder and hotelier in the sports management of Leganés, then a Second B team. It was until 2012 since Belmonte, after rejecting an offer To go to Huesca, he collaborated with the representation agency Bahía Internacional and even tried out in England (Sheffield United) and Hungary (Ferencvaros). But his relationship with Moreno remained over time. Both even managed hospitality businesses together, until the Cartagena appeared on the horizon.
Belmonte, who was close to the technical secretariat of UCAM before the arrival of Pedro Reverte, dared with a club at risk of disappearing that was one step away from Third. Moreno, who was close to the operation from the beginning being the owner of Leganés, even attended meetings as a “personal friend” of Belmonte with the former Councilor for Sports of the port city, Diego Ortega, and also with members of the platform ‘Salvemos to Cartagena’.
The black and white club led by Belmonte is on the market and could have recently been acquired by an American group
It was never made public, but everything indicates that Moreno helped Belmonte financially since 2015 in his first years at the helm of Cartagena. In fact, he was a classic of the albinogra preseasons at the Pinatar Arena and also regularly attended the derbies against Real Murcia. In 2017 he was seen in several away games with Belmonte and in December 2019 he did not miss the inauguration of the exclusive FCC Business zone built in one of the Cartagonova funds, where he went for breakfast on a regular basis. Moreno has felt part of the growth of an entity that at the arrival of his friend Belmonte had a hole of 5 million and was one step away from Third, nothing to do with last season, when he fought to go up to First.
THE KEYS
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THE FIRST STEP
Moreno would have bought De la Vega’s rights to Real Murcia, which could reach up to 84% of the share capital -
INSTITUTIONAL PEACE
The former owner of Leganés is in favor of taking control of the club for good, in collusion with the current Council -
COMPETING INTERESTS
Ramos, the current president of Granada, intends to continue at the helm, although Moreno is not willing to invest large amounts of money if he does not have control of the entity -
HISTORICAL OPPORTUNITY
Murcia needs a great investor who can reach an agreement with the Treasury that until now seemed like a utopia
Those who know Felipe Moreno assure that he is a self-made businessman, of humble origins and that he is distrustful. That he always surrounds himself with people he trusts the most since he started setting up his own business when he was twenty years old.
That is why he wants Belmonte by his side in his project to revive Real Murcia and take him to the First Division, a professional with whom he understands perfectly. Everything indicates that Belmonte has other plans, for now, although if the owners of Cartagena had sold the club to an American investment group that was interested months ago, the scenario would be different.
Felipe Moreno, if he finally disembarks at Real Murcia in the way he intends and begins a large monetary investment on his part, he will demand to have someone he trusts within the entity as he has always done, either through the figure of a manager or CEO. Belmonte is an option that he has not completely ruled out, although the man from Madrid could have other candidates.
Martín Ortega, an alternative
He is from Murcia, sports lawyer and practiced as a footballer until he was 26, when he decided to hang up his boots to dedicate himself to Law. He played for Ciudad de Murcia, Ciudad de Lorquí, Granada and Leganés, a club with which he always collaborated until he became General Manager in the First Division. It is together with the wife of Felipe Moreno, Victoria Pavón, and their son, Felipe Moreno Pavón, one of the professionals who have directed the Leganés project until its recent sale, although it seems complicated that Martín Ortega, due to his emerging career professional, decide now to govern a First RFEF team. Of course, the grana history, its social mass and the great challenge of making it out of the hole it is in could make it change its mind.
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