WITHIN days of now-ex president of Spain Mariano Rajoy's having given up his leadership and even Parliamentary seat on the PP, football fans in Valladolid were reporting he already had a new job – as security guard for matches.
During the game which Valladolid won 3-0 against Numancia de Soria, the victors' guaranteed promotion to the First Division was not the hottest topic of conversation in the stands – instead, the sight of Rajoy in a fluorescent jacket and security guard's uniform on the side of the pitch led to fans on both sides chanting, “Mariaaaano, Mariaaaano.”
They even called for him to take a shot, which he did.
Although the security guard was not, in fact, Rajoy, the man in question was his exact double and fans said could have been the former Spanish president's 'cousin from Castilla y León'.
At first, the Rajoy lookalike was reluctant to take a kick, preferring to remain on the sidelines as a 'mourning tribute' to his clone who had just lost his presidential seat, but in the end was unable to resist either the temptation or fans' egging him on.
The guard played right up to his new-found fame, taking it in good humour and posing with fans after the match.
His photograph (above) has since gone viral on Twitter.
In practice, the 'real' Mariano Rajoy has applied to return to his old job as property registrar, which he was in for many years before becoming a salaried politician.
