“Many people have been arrested, I doubt that anyone has committed an irregularity”
MADRID, 3 (EUROPA PRESS)
The former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales stated that he “never” took “a bite”, that he “never” took money from any contract while at the head of the RFEF, despite the ongoing investigation for which he was arrested this Wednesday upon arrival in Madrid from the Dominican Republic.
“Many people that I trust have been arrested. If someone has made a mistake, I doubt that anyone has committed an irregularity,” he said this Wednesday in an interview with the program ‘El Objective’ on laSexta, recorded the day before in Punta Cana. collected by Europa Press.
Rubiales denied the serious accusations based on Civil Guard investigations of business corruption, unfair administration, money laundering and membership in a criminal organization. “We will have to clarify the doubts, I am not going to question the law enforcement forces. We do not have the summary. I have suffered 70 complaints, I have been in very complicated situations,” he stated.
“I am here to say that it is a lie that I have hit a home run here, that it is a lie that I have a baseball team, that it is a lie that I have hit a ball in Cape Verde, that it is a lie that I have land for construction of hotels in Saudi Arabia. All that has been said. What the judge says, what the UCO has investigated, I don’t know, I don’t know if it has a direct relationship, I hope not, with leaks that the media have made,” he added.
Rubiales, released after his first meeting this Wednesday with the Civil Guard in Barajas, insisted on the “presumption of innocence” and during many questions described the “persecution” of a mediatized society. “All the money I have is the product of my work. Now I was trying to do business here and in other places. I signed a contract in South Korea, but they received a lot of pressure from Spain,” he explained.
“The bank where I had my account told me that they did not want to work with me. I spoke with my friend Nene and he told me to go to the Dominican Republic, a place to start from scratch, to be out of the spotlight. In December I received the communication from the bank “I have to go. It’s obvious that they don’t want me to be in Spain. I had to find a life and anyone can start here,” he added.
The former president of the RFEF defended his right to earn a living and insisted that the “summary is under secrecy.” “They don’t let me earn a living. I’ve had a sanction. In the world of football they don’t let me out either. I’ve suffered such a great media beating that it was impossible to work in Spain, or in Asia,” he said.
Rubiales thus explained his departure to the Dominican Republic and made it clear that “he will clarify everything.” “I had a lifetime’s savings. I have never taken a bite in my life. The summary is under secrecy. It has not been communicated. There is an investigation into whether there is a presumption of innocence. I am going to clarify everything,” he stated, denying no relationship with the construction company Gruconsa.
Rubiales, president of the RFEF between 2018 and 2023, also denied irregularities in the contracts with the La Cartuja Stadium or in the awarding of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia. “I never (received payments). It is put in a context that I take something with me. A devastating current against people who have not proven anything. What is the problem of telling a businessman that he can build hotels here,” he stated.
“It was Kosmos (Gerdad Piqué’s company, also investigated) who brought Saudi Arabia. When there is a complaint they accuse you. It is false that we chose that offer when there was a better one. There are complaints, there are people harassing and things will have to be clarified. Yes “It is true that they have recorded us, you will see that I have not taken any bite from Piqué. He has neither offered me anything nor have I taken anything,” he added.
The former president of the RFEF insisted on his right to look for businesses with which to earn a living. “I am moving, with all the contacts I may have, I am a free person and I have the right to earn a living, although they have made it very difficult for me,” he said.
Rubiales also highlighted his management and the benefits for Spanish football during his mandate, waiting for the “investigations to reach the end.” “The Civil Guard has taken the phone, let them see if there is anything, I am very calm,” he concluded.
2024-04-03 21:20:12
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