Mason Greenwood’s club Getafe have announced they will be making a change to the name of their stadium following complaints of sexism. The La Liga outfit’s home is currently named the Coliseum Alfonso Perez after sexist comments were allegedly made by former footballer, who never actually played for the club. And now they have moved to distance themselves from his name in light of his recent public comments.
The 25,000-capacity stadium opened in 1998 and is owned by the Getafe council. And along with the club, they released a joint statement to reflect the change of the venue’s name after Perez made derogatory comments about women’s football.
Perez had claimed the women’s football could not be compared ‘in any sense’ to the men’s game due to the monetary factor.
Following pressure from the Getafe mayor, Sara Hernandez Barroso of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, to change the name, the Madrid-based club announced on Wednesday the stadium will be renamed the Coliseum from now on.
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