The president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, is in contact with FIFA to address a possible intervention in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), as this newspaper learned. “We are in talks with FIFA, which we started last week at the initiative of the CSD and which I continued this morning (Monday) with the secretary general of FIFA, to go hand in hand in the measures that have to be taken, if you have to take some,” declared the Secretary of State for Sports in Valencia, where he attended the reception at Valencia Basket after their victory in the Queen’s Cup.
These conversations with FIFA begin after last Wednesday a unit of the UCO of the Civil Guard carried out a thorough search at the federation offices in Las Rozas and detained seven people, including the director of legal services, Tomás González. Cueto, right-hand man of former president Luis Rubiales and shadow director of operations and with the acquiescence of the president of the Management Commission, Pedro Rocha. It is precisely Rocha, whom Rubiales once pointed out as his dolphin, the current head of the federation, whom the Civil Guard has not included among those investigated in the so-called Operation Brody – an alleged criminal plot suspected of corruption and unfair administration. – but who, despite everything, faces a request for disqualification for clinging to office when his duty was to call elections as soon as possible. Six months later he is still in office, despite his interim status.
This request for disqualification is now in the hands of the CSD, which is working on a reasoned request based on the complaint sent by Miguel Galán and which must be submitted to the TAD, the competent body to decide whether to open a file and whether to proceed with his disqualification. .
In parallel, the CSD contacted FIFA and expressed “its concern about the situation of the federation and showed its willingness to collaborate with FIFA and act hand in hand, if it is necessary to adopt any measure in order to federative stability,” say Council sources. FIFA has the power to open a file and disqualify President Rocha, as it did last summer with Rubiales – he was disqualified for three years; even to intervene the federation for six months until it considers order restored in it. These conversations between the Higher Sports Council and FIFA will continue in the coming days, as EL PAÍS learned.
Furthermore, the president of the Higher Sports Council reaffirmed before FIFA the strengths of the candidacy and of Spain for the organization of the 2030 World Cup, whose celebration he does not see in danger “at all.” “FIFA is aware first that Spain led the candidacy, I was Sports Minister then; and second, that this is an extraordinary country from the point of view of football tradition, because of the cities we have and the enthusiasm. There is no risk. “We are going to defend the candidacy with all our might,” he assured.
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