The Catalan club issued an official statement after the appearance of the president of the RFEF; Sevilla joined the rejection.
FC Barcelona released an official statement after Luis Rubiales appeared at the Extraordinary General Assembly in Las Rozas last Friday, with the Catalan club deeming the actions of the RFEF president during the World Cup celebrations “completely inappropriate and unfortunate” for Spain. reaches. team. Later on, Sevilla also published an official statement, even stricter than Barcelona’s, rejecting Rubiales’ actions.
FC Barcelona official statement
“After the Extraordinary Assembly of the RFEF last Friday, it seems that the explanations given by the president of the Federation, Mr. Rubiales, have been sufficient for the members of the Assembly present who had the power to confirm him in office.
However, FC Barcelona wants to make it clear that it considers the behavior of the RFEF chairman completely inappropriate and unfortunate during the celebration of the World Cup won by the Spanish women’s team. These are facts that we consider unfortunate, which Mr. Rubiales himself considered a mistake and for which he apologized.
Faced with these unjustified facts, FC Barcelona is committed to continuing to support women’s sport, full equality between men and women in the world of sport and in society in general, to guarantee the safety of women in sport and to that is contrary to our standards and values. principles and statutes”.
Seville official statement
FC Sevilla, In view of the events committed by the President of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, in celebration of the Women’s World Cup Final, and his response this Friday at the RFEF Assembly, he would like to reveal the following:
-That he condemns and rejects the attitude of the President of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, in the final of the Women’s World Cup with the national team player Jennifer Hermoso, as well as his explanations and reactions in the RFEF Assembly.
– That Sevilla FC supports the measures that Jennifer Hermoso deems appropriate in response to these events.
-That he rejects and condemns the lewd gestures of President Luis Rubiales in the box after the lucky achievement of the world title by the women’s team.
– That Sevilla FC does not feel represented by the top leader of our Spanish football and that it is active in the fight against the above attitudes in the football world. Positions of this representativeness should promote respect and equality, values that Seville has in its founding base.
-That, because of the above, the President of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, must resign his position as the highest representative of Spanish football.
-That encourages reflection so that acts of this kind that disfigure the image of our football, which should strive for and fight for equality, are not repeated, and that the measures deemed necessary are taken within the RFEF, an organization that sets an example should be of respect, unity and equality, not only in football and sport, but in all of society.
-That Sevilla FC has already opposed the management and attitude of Luis Rubiales in the past, and that its chairman, José Castro, has resigned from the RFEF board of directors in 2022.
– That Sevilla FC does not want this event to affect in the slightest the success represented by the Spanish team’s achievement of the Women’s World Cup, which they congratulate once again.
Source: Goal