Spanish FA regional chiefs demand Rubiales’ resignation after five-hour assembly

Luis Rubiales has been positioned beneath additional important stress to resign after Spain’s regional FA chiefs urged the president to resign following a crunch five-hour assembly. Crisis talks have been staged between the presidents of Spain’s territorial federations following rising issues that Rubiales stays in his function as president of the Spanish FA. 

And now the heads of Spain’s regional federations have concluded that he should resign following a gathering that lasted a outstanding 5 hours. “Once the meeting of the Commission of Presidents of Regional and Territorial Federations of the RFEF has finished, the following agreements are unanimously made known to the world of football and society,” a statement read. 

“After the latest events and the unacceptable behaviours that have seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, the presidents request that Mr. Luis Rubiales immediately present his resignation as president of the RFEF.

“We warmly congratulate the women’s soccer team for their victory in the World Cup. We value the meaning and legacy of success for Spanish sport. We express our admiration and gratitude to an unrepeatable group of players and we extend our congratulations to all those who have built, over the years with determination, the growth of women’s football.

“We will urge the corresponding bodies to carry out a deep and imminent organic restructuring in strategic positions of the Federation to give way to a new stage of management in Spanish football.