It is the quasi-written continuation of the recent placing under supervision of the Spanish federation by the government. UEFA and FIFA, very sensitive about the independence of national federations, did not appreciate it and are threatening sanctions. It’s that what does the daily tell you Spanish Ace.
A quick reminder of the facts: “The Spanish government adopted this decision to redress the serious situation in which the RFF (Royal Spanish Football Federation, editor’s note) finds itself so that the entity can begin a stage of renewal in a climate of stability” , indicated last week the Superior Sports Council (CSD), an organization dependent on the Spanish Ministry of Sports.
Concretely, “a supervision, standardization and representation commission created by the CSD” and led by “independent personalities” will exercise “supervision of RFEF during the coming months”, in “the interest of Spain”, candidate to the organization of the 2030 World Cup jointly with Portugal and Morocco, added the press release.
But according to As, Fifa and UEFA demand information on this higher sports commission and clarification about its intervention with the RFEF. For both authorities, a sensitive chord was touched and they consider this intervention as an “order”, which would imply “assuming the consequences”, explains the Spanish media.
Fifa and UEFA would have left until Friday to obtain answers to certain questions:
– On what legal and/or factual basis was the Commission appointed?
– What is the composition of the Commission and who appointed its members?
– What is the exact mandate of the Commission?
– What are the powers of the Commission?
– What relations does the Commission maintain with the statutory decision-making bodies of the RFEF?
If in Nyon and Zurich, the respective headquarters of the two bodies, it is then considered that there has been political interference, we say we are ready to bring out the heavy artillery: the suspension of the Spanish federation which would then be automatically excluded from all its competitions and those of UEFA. In short: the national team would be eliminated from the European Cup and the Olympic Games (men’s and women’s), and its clubs would not be able to play in the Champions League, the Europa League, the Conference League or the Club World Cup. . Cut next year.
Spain would also fall out of the race to host the 2030 World Cup, where its bid, along with Portugal and Morocco (as well as three South American countries for the opening matches) is the alone in the running. But obviously, we’re not there yet.
