The shocking testimony from Gonzalez de Arriba exposes an allegedly toxic workplace culture at one of football's most prestigious institutions, raising serious questions about internal management and employee treatment.
President's Initiative Met With Immediate Hostility
Gonzalez de Arriba's journey began positively through private work with Dani Carvajal and Rodrygo Goes. Strong results led to recommendations reaching Florentino Pérez, who created a first-team nutritionist position specifically for her—a role that hadn't existed.
In an extensive Marca interview, she described how problems materialized immediately. Medical staff allegedly created a hostile atmosphere from day one, explicitly telling her the position existed solely due to presidential whim.
Threats and Isolation From Day One
"They told me they knew how to manipulate the president into believing I was unstable and would engineer my dismissal," Gonzalez de Arriba revealed. "No introductions, no greetings, no conversation. They refused meeting requests, ignored emails and messages entirely."
Communication happened only through chance hallway encounters, during which staff would criticize her work and claim presidential orders demanded she remain isolated in her office without player contact or external communication.
False Accusations and Systematic Sabotage
The first week brought accusations of stealing an entire supplement batch. Though she proved her innocence, the incident created lasting fear, prompting her to document all communications in writing for protection.
Despite Pérez's personal encouragement and explicit instructions to implement her methodology across all nutritional aspects—from residence buffets to travel meals and personalized player diets—she encountered constant obstruction.
Deliberate Undermining of Professional Directives
The systematic sabotage she describes is staggering:
- Buffet staff serving foods she specifically advised against while openly mocking her recommendations to players
- Cooks ignoring meal requests, including serving pre-match pastries contrary to instructions
- Team managers refusing to purchase recommended items
- Supplement preparation staff providing different products than specified
- Medical staff advising players to disregard her guidance while withholding crucial health information
- WhatsApp group ridicule and mockery
"Most players wanted to follow the guidelines, and many did so at home since implementing them at Valdebebas proved impossible," she stated.
Escalating Threats and Promised Humiliation
Despite positive dressing room feedback, medical staff hostility intensified. Two false accusations emerged—both disproven with alibis—yet management sent her home and prevented travel to an Espanyol match.
During the second half of last season, she was banned from entering club facilities, ostensibly for physical safety concerns. Management promised an internal investigation and mass terminations for intolerable behavior.
Continued Employment Under Impossible Conditions
When she requested resignation, management refused and demanded she continue working remotely. "I explained that creating guidelines without player knowledge constituted malpractice. They said I was obligated regardless," she recalled.
A particularly chilling encounter involved a sponsor claiming friendship with the doctors who'd already secured her firing. "He told me they would attempt humiliating me for my remaining time there," Gonzalez de Arriba stated.
Dismissal and Threats Following Legal Action
Her employment finally ended in August 2025 when Human Resources thanked her for exceptional work while explaining the medical staff couldn't be brought onboard. They offered to pay her remaining contract in exchange for silence.
When she insisted on truth being shared with the president and players, along with retractions of circulated lies, she was politely told that wasn't possible. Upon announcing legal action intentions, she received warnings about having no chance of winning and threats that they would "ruin her life."
Breaking the Silence Despite Fear
Asked why she chose public disclosure now, Gonzalez de Arriba cited persistent nightmares and a need for closure. "Everyone—insiders, outsiders, family, friends, journalists—warned me Real Madrid's power would twist information against me and cause physical harm to my reputation. But until I tell my story, I cannot move forward."
Real Madrid has not commented on these allegations. Gonzalez de Arriba's harassment lawsuit remains in the legal system.