Another dirty affair involving FC Barcelona, and the former boss of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales.
Already entangled in the Negreira scandal – named after the former number two in arbitration in Spain, suspected of having received Catalan bribes for many years – FC Barcelona must also answer serious accusations in connection with with former president of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales (RFEF). According to revelations from the newspaper El Confidencial.
Freshly arrived from the RFEF after the scandal of the kiss stolen from Jennifer Hermoso during the world coronation of Spanish footballers this summer, Luis Rubiales in 2019 would have interceded in favor of Barça while Sergio Busquets had to receive a suspension depriving him of Clasico against the Real Madrid. “ That would be shooting yourself in the foot “, he would have confided at the time to the vice-president of the federation Ana Munoz.
Several intertwined cases
Then head of the RFEF’s integrity department, the latter had to investigate a case against the Blaugrana midfielder for public and sustained criticism of the arbitration. A reprehensible attitude with regard to the code of ethics of the Iberian institution which could result in Busquets being suspended for four matches. And yet Luis Rubiales chose to stop the procedure to allow the Barcelona player to play in the Clasico.
The confession today reported by El Confidencial is signed by Ana Munoz in person, as part of the Spanish justice investigations into the relocation of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia (in 2020, 2022, 2023 and, soon, in 2024) – a case for which ex-Blaugrana Gerard Piqué and… Luis Rubiales are cited. Ana Munoz claims to have left the RFEF in 2019 after this episode of alleged favoritism from Barça. For the record, Sergio Busquets ultimately did not play this Clasico, confined to the bench in a game that ended in a goalless draw.
