SEEING his old Hamilton Accies team mate Luis Rubiales rise to prominence in recent years and become both the president of the Royal Spanish…
bulletins and front pages around the world, sharply divided opinions and taken some downright bizarre twists in the past fortnight has been nothing short of surreal for the ex-centre-half.
He can recall the left back, who had previously plied his trade at Guadix, Mallorca, Lleida, Xerez, Levante and Alicante in his homeland, being a committed and talented footballer on the park and a consummate professional off it who was admired and liked by his team mates. “You still see a lot of foreign players coming over to Scotland now. Playing either with or against Celtic and Rangers is a big attraction. A lot of them look at it as a stepping stone. But Rubiales was a little bit older at the time so I am sure that was not how he viewed it.
“He had the same work ethic as everyone else in training. We liked to train the way we played at Hamilton - with 100 per cent application. He always gave that. He impressed in pre-season and I thought he did well in the few games that he played for us even though the results weren’t what we wanted. The Spanish authorities have also launched an investigation to see if the 46-year-old, whose mother has locked herself in a church and gone on hunger strike in protest at the treatment of her son, was guilty of a sexual assault.
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