Rubiales expected to announce his resignation on Friday

Luis Rubiales will announce this Friday his resignation as President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) at the Extraordinary General Assembly of the body, in which he has served for five years, the Brand.

The 45-year-old manager cannot resist the controversy surrounding his behavior after winning the Women’s World Cup, namely a non-consensual kiss on the mouth of Jenni Hermoso and obscene gestures, which sparked a wave of criticism from several top officials in world sport and also in Spanish politics.

At first, the still chairman of the RFEF not only did not apologize, but called all those who criticized his actions “fools”, but later finally published a video of him apologizing during the layover on the return flight to Spain, in Doha. However, the pardon was deemed “insufficient”, with political and sports officials demanding “greater strength” in his words.

Rubiales even tried to get Jenni Hermoso and Ivana Andrés to publicly devalue the case, but the two footballers rejected this.

Jenni Hermoso confessed on social media that she didn’t like it and was defended through a statement from the FUTPRO union.

Earlier, the RFEF had published a note containing some alleged words from the footballer, in which Hermoso mentioned “a great relationship” with Rubiales and that the kiss on the mouth was “a natural gesture of affection and gratitude”. However, these statements were not written by the player, increasing the opposition against Rubiales.

The behavior of the RFEF president tarnished Spain’s conquest of the first women’s world title.

In addition to criticism from football players such as Isco and Iker Casillas and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Rubiales for violating Articles 13.1 and 13.2 of the organization’s Disciplinary Code, which relate to offensive behavior and violation of fairness. play principles.

According to Article 13, players, club members and associations must “respect the Laws of the Game, as well as FIFA Statutes and Regulations, Guidelines, Directions, Circulars and Decisions and adhere to the principles of fair play, loyalty and integrity”.