Luis Rubiales: “Negreira did not draw anything, but payment is a harmful thing”

In an interview with “El Chiringuito” collected by Europa Press from the La Cartuja stadium, Rubiales answered many questions about arbitration in a season complicated by complaints from clubs every weekend. ‘Negreira case Barça’s scrutiny and investigation in the courts. “I spoke today Medina Cantalejo. Very good, very powerful. We know there are criticisms and comments. There are mistakes made in every profession, it is necessary to be humble.”

“But there’s a confusion of origin. There are problems that can be resolved with a comment, but that confusion is interesting sometimes. Football is passion, it’s anger, it sells well if there’s controversy,” he added. In the shadow of a possible strike, the RFEF once again asked the referee for respect.

Pointing out that he will go to the Cup Final “with the referee”, Rubiales said, He repeated several times that Negreira “painted nothing” in the Federation, nor made important decisions. “Federation, since we arrived, we signed a statement that there was no conflict of interest in all departments. There was good government. That wouldn’t happen, hide from the Federation that a person is getting paid. They have the right. You have to trust and cooperate with justice for the presumption of innocence,” he said.

“I am confident in the honesty of the arbitration group. This gentleman did not participate in the appointment of arbitrators. In those years, this gentleman did not participate in anything. I became a First League player, it is certain that the referees were wrong; but it would be surprising if it reaches that level. “There was a lot of manipulated information given,” he said.

In addition, Rubiales pointed out that he did not recognize the CTA vice-president, José María Enríquez Negreira, who, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, was paid by Barça, a “money flow” that the head of the Federation denounced. “If a decision has to be made when this is over, I’ll let it go. It seems ugly to me that there are payments, but I want to see what happens and see it in court,” he said.

Although he insisted that Negreira, whom he fired after coming to the federation, be fired, he added, “I don’t like what happened, not having a job doesn’t exempt him from a money flow responsibility.” did not have decision-making capacity. He added, “It turns out he didn’t paint anything. Now it seems like everyone has to go to the wall,” challenging Barça’s position.

“Even the Barça fans agree that this is unspeakable and very negative (payments). It’s an irregularity, but we have to go all the way. The mere fact of payment is harmful, but you have to be patient,” he added.

The RFEF president began his television intervention at the La Cartuja ground, which will host the Cup final this Saturday between Osasuna and Real Madrid. “It’s a precious moment. A different match is experienced with tremendous intensity, the king accompanies us. It is very enjoyable,” said Rubiales, complaining of “disappointment” about the whistling of the anthem.

In addition, the Federation’s senior leader explained that the medals will be “at the foot of the track” as in the women’s final, because it is important to “be fast” so that television viewers are not disconnected.

“LaLiga has a huge recession problem”

On the other hand, Rubiales pointed out League confirming that they are “in stagnation” and looking too much at the British model. “LaLiga put the English model on the table but we’ll compare everything, maybe they’ll run when they see what’s going on in England. I couldn’t come up with a model and talk about this yes and this no. LaLiga’s recession problem is huge. Revenues are going down. Clubs are having it badly,” he explained. .

“I haven’t been in rags for a long time, I don’t want to go down to those levels,” said Javier Tebas, president of the employers’ association. “We’re in a federation that was 140 million when I came in five years ago, and now it’s 400., in a state of recession. A Federation that was tenth in the world and now second. “The first thing we did was change the arbitration body,” he said.

“For the sake of Spanish football, we have to review what’s going on in LaLiga. With LaLiga, we still have to look around and find a way to get something different, because if we do the same as the English did, they’re going to get more.” and more advantages from us,” he added.

On the other hand, Rubiales explained that the Spanish men’s soccer team is in a “moment of evolution” with players who will bring “joy”.‘ and insisted on his model. Super Cup in Arabia because it pays for “modest football”.

Also, the head of the RFEF congratulated the agreement with Morocco to get “Africa’s support”. candidacy with Portugal for the 2030 World Cup. “The accounts are coming out and hopefully this stadium will be a World Cup. The final will be in Spain,” he said.