The newspaper reveals how the former president of the Federation convinced the Catalan club to play the tournament in Asia.
“El Mundo” reported on Thursday that Luis Rubiales convinced FC Barcelona to play the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, concealing the commissions that Gerard Piqué, then footballer of the Barça team, would receive.
According to that information, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation guaranteed Barcelona an income of eight million euros if it agreed to play that tournament in the Asian country.
“I hope that you would like to guarantee between 6.8 and 8 million for your club,” wrote Luis Rubiales, according to “El Mundo”, to Óscar Grau, then CEO of the Catalan club, just three days after signing the agreement. with Arabia, on September 14, 2019.
Rubiales, always according to “El Mundo”, devised a plan for Piqué to charge, without the knowledge of the clubs participating in the competition, a commission of 24 million euros for his mediation in bringing the Super to Saudi Arabia Cup.
After Rubiales told him all the details, Óscar Grau accepted this change of location from Barcelona. “I would like to congratulate you on the change of format, because it is good for the promotion of Spanish football, for its dissemination and is also beneficial for the participating clubs. We are waiting for future details to be able to plan the activity properly. now “You send us the draft contract to assess it and proceed to signing,” read the message from Barcelona’s CEO to which “El Mundo” had access.
Source: Goal