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Javier Tebas is studying to resign after the Fuenlabrada case

Javier Tebas is considering his resignation as president of the Professional Football League. According to the Cope, the trigger would be the Fuenlabrada case, which could end up in the courts after the latest accusations from clubs and agencies. Elche and Deportivo de La Coruña are the main victims and are considering taking legal action.

The Fuenlabrada scandal could have side effects. The controversy that has shaken the highest body of Spanish professional football in recent days has come to involve not only Thebes but also his family. The president is in the spotlight after it became known that his son, Javier Tebas Llanas, works at the Madrid club as secretary of administration.

The ten positives in the squad and the coaching staff forced the team to be quarantined, and in response to the situation, the League decided to play day 42 of the Second Division in a unified schedule and postpone the match Deportivo-Fuenlabrada . This Wednesday, there were six new positives, so there are already sixteen, while the controversy continues to grow.

At the sporting level, the Galician team certified its mathematical descent to the Second B without even having played its game, after the victories of Lugo and Albacete. For its part, Elche secured a place with a victory in the play-off. But Fuenlabrada has yet to play against a relegated rival, who is not playing anything, and can snatch the sixth position from the Illicitans, which gives access to the play-off.

Deportivo and Elche considered that postponing the match was to adulterate the competition, because Fuenlabrada would not compete on an equal footing with other teams. If for some reason the schedules of the last days are unified it is to avoid situations like these. It is a matter of avoiding as much as possible the pressures between the teams that play their aspirations with each other and maintaining competitiveness. The reality is that the people of Madrid have everything in mind to be in the play-off, against a rival without aspirations and who could also play with the reserve team or the subsidiary in protest. One play-off of aces which, moreover, has also had to be postponed as a consequence, and which has no dates yet.

But the situation is much more serious when the club, knowing that it has positives in the team, decides to travel to Riazor with almost the entire staff, while the doctor and four players stay in Madrid. And it gets even more complicated when the League allows them. When the team arrives in A Coruña, the players are tested and, after six test positive, the match is immediately suspended. The League says they had not been informed of the situation and are beginning a series of accusations between clubs and bodies, with the Higher Sports Council also involved.

Deportivo’s accusations go further and have the support of the city’s mayor, Inés Rey, who attacks the figure of Javier Tebas and accuses the League of endangering the lives of thousands of people. He also announced that the Xunta de Galicia will take legal action. This Friday, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of A Coruña has opened an investigation into Fuenlabrada’s trip to study whether he committed a crime by not communicating the team’s positives and embarking on the journey after detecting them.

Depor asks for a repeat of the day and threatens not to appear in the last game, but is faced with the refusal of Tebas and demands a league of 24 teams with Deportivo and Numancia, relegated on the last day. Racing de Santander and Extremadura join the protest and claim a category with 26 teams, although both had gone down two days ago.

Elche and Rayo Vallecano are also affected by a decision that has compromised their options for play-off, and ask for a play-off to six: Zaragoza, Almeria, Girona, Fuenlabrada, Elche and Rayo. The clubs have denounced coercion by the League to be forced to play, and could take legal action. The case could end up in the courts if the requests of the clubs are not accepted.

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