Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo (AKA Monchi)

[DB]

If this is true, he is employed by Villa, oh fair play to him? He has a job to do here at the most important time of his job. I wish I could step away from my job to do something else for a bit.
Although, perhaps he and the club know we are not going to do much this window so he can stay in Spain

Are you never allowed leave then? 

It is also a weekend or do we expect them to be working 24/7 365 days a year?

So, he is leaving Villa?
You know how employment works?
If he is doing it in his spare time and not being paid, then ok, go for it. But, he is employed by Villa and he still expected to do his job with no adverse impact from this new activity.

[Somniloquism]

I'm talking about holiday from your job sometimes called Annual Leave and shortened to leave. It can also mean sick leave or maternity/ paternity leave, bereavement leave etc. Not leave as in not coming back. If you aren't allowed any time off to do anything outside of your job, you need a better job.

In this instance he seems to have flown back to his home town for the weekend to protest the owners of his local town team, and have a chat with the local mayor. And tbh, with tech of today where zoom / teams, email and phones mean you can be contacted at a moments notice, I doubt him being over there for a few days is hampering anything for the Villa anyway.

[pauliewalnuts]

If this is true, he is employed by Villa, oh fair play to him? He has a job to do here at the most important time of his job. I wish I could step away from my job to do something else for a bit.
Although, perhaps he and the club know we are not going to do much this window so he can stay in Spain

Are you never allowed leave then? 

It is also a weekend or do we expect them to be working 24/7 365 days a year?

So, he is leaving Villa?
You know how employment works?
If he is doing it in his spare time and not being paid, then ok, go for it. But, he is employed by Villa and he still expected to do his job with no adverse impact from this new activity.

Err, as Somniloquism said, you've misread what he wrote.

Everyone is allowed time off. Everyone can do what they want in that time off so long as it doesn't prejudice their job.

I don't think for a nanosecond he's getting paid to do this.

[algy]

I think my conclusion from all of this is that Monchi = good guy.