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Pilar Hernandez (Marem Hernandez) 2003-2004
Guest Appearance: 6.22 (#282) Signs and Wonders Sunday 9th March 2003 – 6.25 (#285) Show Me The Money First Regular Appearance: 7.1 (#293) Groundhog Day Last Regular Appearance: 7.32 (#324) A Matter of Life and Death Duration: EP: 282 - 285, 293 - 324 | SE: 6.22 – 6.25, 7.1 – 7.32 Position: Football Agent / Harchester United Chief Executive (2003-2004) Last Seen: Being remanded in custody for her own protection after her involvement in Marcel’s mistaken assassination.
Raised in Spain, Pilar Hernandez always knew she would set herself to be the one who gave the orders, and not take them. Choosing a career in French Football League representation, Pilar went to Tunisia to poach an upcoming young talent Marcel Sabatier. Pilar and Marcel had a great connection, but it was here Pilar showed the lengths she would go to for her clients, when Marcel killed his childhood best friend when his anger made him lose all control. Pilar protected Marcel from prosecution by spiriting him away to France, his proven talent getting him signed to Paris St. Germain, and the two are in a relationship for eight years.
Over time however, Pilar's determination to succeed has alienated Marcel from her, and in 2002 he is ready to take former manager Patrick Doyle's offer to transfer to Harchester United. Shortly into Marcel's first season in the English Premiership, another of Pilar's clients, Roberto Mendoza, signs from Real Madrid, but thanks to Patrick his career is ended during his press unveiling. It is later discovered through an FA investigation that Pilar and Jeff withheld £2M pounds of Phil Wallis's money from Roberto's transfer, leading to a points deduction for Harchester that Jeff takes the bulk of the blame, being banned for life as an agent.
Dream Inc still see Pilar's worth, which leads to her being appointed Harchester's Chief Executive when Phil raffles off the club to several potential owners. With a goal of qualifying for next season's Champions League, Pilar has her sights set on Barcelona striker Luke Davenport. When Pilar offers Stuart the position of manager, he sees for himself what he will have to go along with in order to keep the job, and watches as she burns Karl Fletcher's new contract. With Fletch out of the way, Pilar breaks the British transfer record for a player - €40M (£28M) for Davenport. But Luke has his secrets: he suffers from an inherited eye condition which will leave him blind, and the club without insurance, and an embarrassed Pilar now tries unsuccessfully to sell him on. Luke undergoes a risky operation, and Pilar, believing she will be seen as a failure, flees back to Spain.
It takes Stuart to come and find Pilar and convince her to face up to her problems before she returns. Upon returning home, the two nearly kiss, but Pilar insists things must return to normal between them. It is now Coopers National Bank, Harchester's biggest creditors that come down on Pilar, threatening to pull the plug if the club drops below 6th place. Resorting to desperate measures, Pilar steals away Sheik Abdul Al-Shaziz from Fletch and Jeff, and the two plot to see Harchester liquidated in order to buy the club for a knock-down price. Stuart is dead against throwing a game for the plan to succeed, but Pilar knowing Stuart is secretly in love with her sleeps with him in order to get him on side.
When the team finds out, Stuart is forced to admit the match fixing, and to save herself Pilar announces he has resigned from the club. When the Sheik's assistant, Mustafa Karim learns from Pilar that Stuart could spill all on the deception, he tells her they will take care of the problem. Pilar assumes it to mean they will find Stuart a new club, but the next morning Marcel is found dead - having been mistakenly killed in place of Stuart! Pilar is guilt-ridden over the loss of the man she always loved, and doing the right thing, reveals the full truth at Marcel's memorial. Pilar is arrested for her actions, and for her own safety, is held in protective custody until Marcel's killers can be brought to justice.
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