FIFA will put the pressure on Luis Rubiales was banned from all football for 15 years after the Spanish FA drastically withdrew its support. The presidents of the territories asked rubiesThe 46-year-old resigned with immediate effect, saying his “unacceptable” behavior had “caused serious damage to the image of Spanish football”.
The reversal followed a threat by FIFA to ban national teams from participating Spain and to elite clubs in international competitions when the Spanish FA refused to accept their punishment rubies.
Sources involved in the disciplinary proceedings told the Daily Mail that FIFA is pushing for a ban rubies up to 15 years, the maximum period permitted by law. That would have allowed them to take action against the national teams and clubs National Spaniards if the verdict had been appealed.
rubies He was handed a 90-day provisional ban from FIFA last week but retained the support of the Spanish FA pending the outcome of an internal investigation into his kissing behaviour Jenny Nice after Spain’s World Cup final victory over England.
After a five-hour meeting on Monday, the Spanish federation confirmed that they had now asked rubies resign
It is also known that one of the last acts of rubies Before his suspension last Friday, he had ordered the Spanish FA to write a letter to UEFA complaining about government interference and asking the federation to do so exposedwhich would mean their national teams and clubs would be automatically banned from European competitions.
However, UEFA rejected the request as the disciplinary process is managed by FIFA and now considers the letter invalid rubies was replaced by an interim president, Pedro Roche.
In its inflammatory statement released over the weekend, the Spanish federation, led by rubies had also been charged Nice tell lies
“The RFEF and the President will uncover every single lie that is being spread either by someone on behalf of the player or, if applicable, by the player himself.” player“, it said. This was met with outrage Nice.
FIFA is likely to impose a longer ban rubies after embarrassing himself at his behavior after the World Cup final in Sydney, where he also grabbed his crotch despite being only meters away from the Queen Letizia from Spain and his daughter.
The federation’s Disciplinary Committee collected eyewitness testimony before announcing the suspension rubies “of all activities related to football at national and international level” a week happenand has the right to ban you from participating in this sport for 15 years.
Under the FIFA Statutes, a ban would have extended to all Spanish national teams and clubs in FIFA-related competitions. FIFA if it would not be accepted by them federation Spanish.
Such a ban would have been a heavy blow Uefaas Spain has five clubs in the men’s Champions League this year, two of them in Europe league and one in the Europa Conference League while the Barcelona is champion of the Women’s Champions League.