Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) quadrupled the payments Luis Rubiales and “senior management” members from 2018 to 2021, as confirmed by the organization in the annual accounts published on its website and consulted by EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA. They detail how 2018The year Rubiales succeeded Angel Maria Villar At the beginning of the RFEF, the remuneration (not just fixed salaries) paid to the president and three others in positions considered to have maximum responsibility in the organization was 1.8 million euros. The amount of this expense item was increasing until it reached a maximum in 2021, when the payments reached the budget. 7 million euros.

In addition to Luis Rubiales, who was temporarily suspended from his post by FIFA, those who make up the elected group of “senior management” that the federation refers to in its own statements, Andreu Campsconsidered the general secretary and the ‘right hand’ of the president; Jose Francisco MolinaThe sporting director, who left his post in January 2023; And Luis Enrique MartinezIn addition to the men’s national coach dismissed in December 2022 Julen Lopetegui And Robert Moreno each for a short time.

In 2017 it was 975,000 Euros

The change in the spending line of “top management” during Rubiales’s presidency was therefore notable. Between 2018 and 2019, his and his managers’ pay increased by 80%; 30% more between 2019 and 2020; Between 2020 and 2021, which is the year of the pandemic, there was a decrease of 61.1 percent, and yes, between 2021 and 2022, there was a decrease of 25.4 percent. It is not possible to make a comparison with Villar’s last full year, fiscal 2017, because within the €975,000 allocated to him and his “senior management” neither the men’s national coach nor the general secretary were included.

The increase in the wages of so-called "senior management" of the RFEF has a particular repercussion in the product of the organization's total revenue over this four-year period. Rubiales and his team, partly thanks to the agreement with Saudi Arabia He turned 2018's annual revenue of 170 million euros to 406 million euros in 2022 to bring the Super Cup there. The RFEF, in short, quadrupled the salaries of "senior executives" and tripled revenue.

The RFEF accounts do not detail how these millions of euros are distributed among "top management" or the concept of these payments. There is talk of a gross "compensation" and in the case of the president it is made clear that "If for any other reason he does not receive any other amount from the Federation in his personal capacity".

It is not known what the 25.4% drop in wages between 2021 and 2022 answered, but it may be related to the bonuses received by the technical managers: in 2021, Spain advanced to the semi-finals of the Eurocup in a loss to Italy, while in 2022 Luis Enrique's team, World Cup He said goodbye to Morocco in the last 16 of the Cup.

Change in Rubiales' salary

In 2022, Rubiales also decided to put a change in the fee structure to parliament's vote. He received a fixed salary of 160,000 euros until 2022. variable depending on income from sponsorships0.6% and a maximum of 0.175% consists of income. Proposed to Parliament after criticism of this pricing model (which gave it its approval) Consolidate the total amount collected in 2021 on a fixed basis later on, 635.000 €. This amount should also be transferred to the RFEF free of charge of the 250,000 Euros he requested from UEFA due to his current position as vice-president, from which he was suspended.

Regarding Luis Enrique, former coach Qatar World Cup (except for the five months that passed in 2019, when Robert Moreno was replaced due to the illness and death of his daughter) fixed salary not increased but for four years I came to download during the epidemic. He signed for a net salary of 1.5 million, as published in various media outlets, and gave up 25% of the token (350,000 euros) in 2020 to show his commitment to the federation at a time when the coronavirus endangered the football world.

Julen Lopetegui, The responsible predecessor and coach, who was fired by Rubiales at the gates of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, were charged with roughly the same wage, i.e. a gross of 3m euros. According to the accounts signed by the president, in 2018 the RFEF allocated 1.8 million gross to all members of the "top management" so that this figure could be exceeded with the fixed salaries of only two electors. Upon the question asked by this newspaper, the federation did not want to explain its accounts.

Petition for the termination of territorial barons

Andreu Camps, who, on his behalf and as described on the organization's website, is Rubiales' 'right-hand man' and currently the RFEF's general secretary, will take on this role. Annual gross 240.000 euro. Camps, for example, was responsible for making the request. UEFA performance in defense of RFEF chairman Following the measures taken by the Spanish Government as a result of the case Jenni BeautifulThis could lead to the expulsion of the men's and women's teams and Spanish clubs from European competitions. According to the Spanish newspaperThe district barons asked interim president Pedro Rocha to dismiss him, as he was considered a Rubiales man in the RFEF.

Until last January, since Fernando Hierro left his post in 2018 after he was forced to take over the Spanish bench during the World Cup in 2018, the only person with no official or media-estimated record of his salary is sports director Molina. Russia. However, in the middle of last year, El Confidencial assured that someone who was a goalkeeper went on the offensive, for example: 6,300 euros per game played by the national teambut this assumes a variable concept, not the base of his salary.