2023-10-26 22:52:46
The former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, paralyzed a sanction against Barcelona player, Sergio Busquets, to allow him to participate in a Clásico against Real Madrid, as El Confidencial has reported. This revelation occurred this Thursday by the former vice president of the Federation and head of the Integrity department, Ana Muñoz, while testifying in the Court of First Instance number 4 of Majadahonda (Madrid). The court in charge of investigating the ‘Supercopa Files’ case, which was revealed by El Confidencial.
The former director of the main football institution in Spain has also declared that the lucrative contract that Luis Rubiales signed with Saudi Arabia to bring the Spanish Super Cup to that country was hidden from her. She also suggested that the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) could have reached this agreement without the intermediation of Gerard Piqué, former Barcelona player, who received a commission of 24 million euros for his efforts in this matter.
Muñoz explained that the reason for his resignation from his position in December 2019 arose from an assembly held on December 16. The day before, his Integrity department had announced its intention to file a sports complaint against a Barcelona Football Club player due to his statements about referees, based on the Federation’s ethical guidelines. However, according to his testimony, President Rubiales asked him to postpone this action.
During his testimony before the court, Muñoz recalled the exact words that Rubiales expressed to him, according to the former vice president, he told her that carrying out that action would be like “shooting oneself in the foot” and that they were not in a position to initiate proceedings against him. player. Muñoz remarked that he was surprised by this reaction, since he considered it to be standard procedure in the Federation. In addition, Rubiales mentioned that a possible four-game sanction would leave the player without the option of playing in the Classic that he had scheduled in the coming weeks.
The match in question in which Sergio Busquets’ statements occurred was Barça’s 2-2 draw against Real Sociedad played at Anoeta. In it, the Blaugrana players protested a penalty not awarded to Piqué. In the post-match interview with the media, Busquets questioned the referee’s honesty by saying that he had not wanted to whistle the infraction.
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