The case of the kiss of the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, to international Jenni Hermoso does not affect the joint candidacy for the 2030 World Cup, a source from the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) told Lusa. this Thursday.
Questioned by Lusa, an official source from the FPF downplayed the impact of the controversy on the joint candidacy of Portugal, Spain, Ukraine and Morocco: “The candidacy for the 2030 World Cup is a project that is above any person or position” .
FIFA will announce in 2024 who assigns this organization, the second tournament that receives 48 countries, instead of the 32 that participated in Qatar, after this expanded format was inaugurated in 2026.
“It was born from the will of the federations, but today it is a candidacy of countries committed to hosting the biggest sporting event in the world and nothing will hinder the desire to organize the best World Cup of all time,” added the same source.
Rubiales will present his resignation on Friday, according to federative sources revealed today to the EFE news agency.
The leader, who was elected in May 2018, will announce the decision at the RFEF’s extraordinary general meeting, which is scheduled for Friday, at the organization’s headquarters, in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rosas, in Madrid, from at 12:00 local time. hour (11:00 in Lisbon).
The dismissal was triggered by the controversy on Sunday, in which Rubiales kissed the soccer player Jenni Hermoso, without her consent, shortly after the Spanish women’s team won the World Cup that was played in Australia and New Zealand.
Since the incident, Rubiales has been the target of numerous criticisms from the most diverse sectors, from the head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, to various public and political figures, including Jenni Hermoso herself, who, in a first phase, devalued the situation, but on Wednesday he turned to the Spanish soccer players union (FUTPRO) to request sanctions for Rubiales.
The Professional Women’s Soccer League (Liga F) also filed a complaint with the Higher Sports Council, requesting the disqualification of Luis Rubiales, for “dirty and embarrassing conduct.”
Likewise, FIFA today opened a disciplinary investigation against the president of the RFEF, considering that the facts “may constitute a violation of sections 1 and 2 of article 13 of the disciplinary code” of the organization, alluding to the fact that the conduct could ” harm the dignity or integrity” of a person because of their sex.
Source: TSF
