when needed Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish football federation (FEF), has three selectors for the position. The three are actually four changes: interim Robert Moreno Luis Enrique, who was convinced he would lead the team in the final European Cup until Asturian’s return, disappointed that option, Luis Enrique and now another Luis.
This Source Louis, Born in La Riojan Haro (61 years old), contracted until 2024, with minimal and remote experience in professional football (over a decade ago barely leading Alavés by 11 games in Second B) subcategories of the federation, European under-19 champion (2015), under-21 (2019) and Olympic silver (2021).
“This is a new project, a change in the structure of the men’s team,” said Rubiales, to the right of Spain’s new coach, and Albert Luque, the new director of the national team, to his left. “I bet for the national team Luis de la Fuente, Molina who was at that meeting tells me she likes it and says the president likes it too,” the new manager said.
“The relationship with Luis Enrique is extraordinary, amazing and personally impressive. We went twice for him, we are so grateful to him and this is his home” – FEF president Luis Rubiales
Rubiales is replacing Luis Enrique’s absolute power with a new model for Spain, where Luque will not be sporting director of the federation like Molina. “The director of the absolute team will be the boss of Luis de la Fuente,” said the head of the Spanish football federation. “I’ve seen a lot of talk about Twitch or cycling. There’s no such thing. The three of us, the outgoing sporting director, the incoming national team, and we all agree that this is a new project and should be led by Luis de Source,” stressed the leader.
“Our relationship with Luis Enrique is extraordinary, wonderful, emotional on a personal level. We went twice for him, we are very grateful to him and this is his home. I thank him for the note he wrote. There are different conversations in it.” home”, commented Rubiales, noting that the tone of these negotiations was “good, so there wasn’t much to talk about, because what was discussed remains between us and we keep it to ourselves”.
At the start of a new project now directed by De la Fuente, he did not want to explore the reasons why Luis Enrique took a break from protecting Rubiales. Emphasizing that Luis Enrique had told them two years ago that they would talk to them after the World Cup, Rubiales said, “We received a message from the federation saying that they are betting on a new project, football professionals are used to it.”
“We wish him good luck and also from the bottom of our hearts. He didn’t tell me he wanted to continue because the conversation went in another direction. It was one project that started and another started”.