"That's how I found out that I was dead": the Ballybrack player at his death announced

The footballer who allegedly suffered a false death statement told how he had learned of his death, saying that he found this incident funny "because basically, I did not die".

Ballybrack FC falsely claimed that Fernando Nuno La Fuente was killed in a road accident last Thursday.

The team's match against Arklow Town on Saturday was postponed, while the other teams in the league observed a minute of silence in the player's honor.

The player, who lives and works for a software company in Galway, appeared in Today with Sean O 'Rourke, claiming that he was aware that there might be a story, but that it was not a big deal. she did not think it would be so bad.

"I was aware that there was going to be a story about me, but I thought it would be me who would break my leg," said La Fuente, who has not been involved in any accidents neither hurt.

"Work m called to say that you are a celebrity, they sent all these news articles and that's how I found out that I was dead."

La Fuente said that he was coming out of a WhatsApp club group on Saturday, so he knew something could happen, but when he heard the news, he wrote to the club and they got it. apologized.

"It's serious about them, but I find it a bit funny, because basically, I'm not dead, and no one was hurt here."

He added that his wife was aware of what was going on but he "had to call my mother right away because she did not know anything about what was going on".

La Fuente said that he had last played for Ballybrack last September, but that he had moved to Galway after being seen proposing a transfer with his work.

He stated that he would not be concerned if the club had pretended to break his leg to get out of the match.

"I do not care, I'm not here anymore and if I do not get in trouble, why should I care about it?" It's good.

When asked how the story had happened and if Ballybrack was afraid to play Arklow, La Fuente replied that he did not think so but said that the club was struggling to make sure the players fill the table: "These guys are not professional."

La Fuente added that he really enjoyed the time spent in the clubs saying "there was a great atmosphere".

When O & # rourke asked him if he was planning to return to football, La Fuente said he hoped to find a new club in Galway early next year.

Ballybrack FC has since apologized for what it has called a "blatant mistake of judgment".

In a statement posted on Facebook, the club said: "It was brought to the attention of the club, senior players and the management team that a gross mistake of judgment had been made from correspondence sent by a member of the senior management team to the Leinster Senior League.

This serious and unacceptable error was completely false and was committed by a person who experienced serious personal difficulties without the knowledge of all the other members of the club.

At this point, we can only offer our sincere apologies to the Leinster Senior League, to our opponents, Arklow Town FC, as well as to the multitude of clubs and footballers who have contacted us or who have sent support messages in recent days.

This morning, the Leinster Senior League issued a statement in which it stated that she "will not make any other public statement regarding the problem with Ballybrack FC".

"The League is in regular contact with the club and offers support to those who have made the mistake regarding a recent match.

"The league would like to thank the many players, teams, officials and volunteers who have been interested in the well-being of a Ballybrack player, but would like to ask for the confidentiality of the league and the subject club."

The employers of La Fuente, Glofox, also issued a statement on his behalf.

Fernando LaFuente left Spain for Ireland in 2017 to join our team of engineers in Dublin. In September of this year, Fernando moved to the West of Ireland to lead the mobile application development team in our new Galway office and to contribute to its development.

Fernando is still employed by Glofox and still lives in Galway.

Fernando completely ignored the false statement made about his badociation with the Ballybrack football club. He only learned the false statement in recent days through social media.

Fernando was extremely worried as he was trying to talk to family members and friends before they heard the news through social media or others.

We ask all media to respect Fernando's privacy at this time because he has not asked for this attention and wants to return to a sense of normalcy in the coming days.

– additional reports by PA