BARCELONA, 30 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The former referee Xavier Estrada Fernández has filed a complaint this Wednesday against the suspended president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, for allegedly diverting 1,921,280 euros destined for referee salaries.
The complaint before the Higher Sports Council (CSD), consulted by Europa Press, also accuses the general secretary of the RFEF, Andreu Camps; to the president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), Luis Medina Cantalejo, and to his predecessor, Carles Velasco Carballo, who was in charge until November 22, 2021.
The former referee denounces the “breach, by the RFEF, of the agreement for the remuneration of professional arbitration, dated August 9, 2018”, signed between the federation and La Liga.
Estrada Fernández considers in the letter that “the total amount of the amounts not destined to arbitration compensation, by the RFEF, from the 2018/2019 season to the 2022/2023 season, amounts to 1,921,280 euros.”
In addition, Estrada Fernández, an arbitrator who also denounced the ‘Negreira’ case, has requested the adoption of “provisional measures” so that the defendants are suspended from their positions and duties.
“He wishes to reiterate, once again, his determined will to defend the sports integrity and transparency of football, in all its areas and manifestations,” the complaint added.
Rubiales has been suspended from his position after the forced kiss of the Spanish team player Jenni Hermoso at the 2023 World Cup awards ceremony and, after several people and institutions denounced it, the National Court Prosecutor’s Office opened investigative proceedings understanding that it could constitute a crime of sexual assault.
