Luis Rubiales spoke on Wednesday about the scandal surrounding the Spanish Super Cup.
The President of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF),unworthyby the leaks concerning the Spanish Super Cup and the commissions paid to Gerard Pique’s commercial company, denounced on Wednesday the “volinformation on his phone and defended the legality of contracts with Saudi Arabia. “I am very outraged by all the falsehoods that are being spread and very angry that the lies are being prioritized over the real issue which is that information was illegally stolen from my phone“said Luis Rubiales during a press conference on Wednesday.
RFEF president explained Super Cup hosting contracts in Saudi Arabia, referring to reports that Kosmos, the sporting events company chaired by FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, received commissions . On Monday, media outlet El Confidencial reported, after having access to documents and private audio exchanges between Pique and Rubiales, that the federation had negotiated a commission of 24 million euros for Kosmos to carry out the operation.
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Rubiales explained that following a proposal from Kosmos to change the format of the Supercup, several countries like the United States, Qatar and China were approached until Saudi Arabia was chosen. “When they (Kosmos) come with the possibility of doing business, they are clearly told that they will not have an economic relationship with the Federation“, explained the leader of 44 years. “If there is any commission, Kosmos will have it with Saudi Arabia, so the Federation has not paid, does not pay and will not pay a single euro of commission to anyone for this operationRubiales said.
All the media, even the one that published this agreement, agrees that it is legal.
Luis Rubiales
The RFEF president added that the contract in question is now “outmodedand was replaced by another. Rubiales recalled that a new contract covering the period between 2023 and 2029 was concluded in 2020, which sees Saudi Arabia pay 40 million euros per season without the Spanish clubs being forced to play there every edition, half of this money being intended “to small teams“. The president of the RFEF insisted that “all the media, even the one who published this agreement, agrees that it is legaland recalled that they had passed all the ethical and legal filters of the Federation. Gerard Piqué, for his part, assured Monday during a press conference that “everything we did is legal and there was no conflict of interest».
