Luis Rubiales will resign as President of the Spanish Federation

After serving as President of the Spanish Federation for more than five years, Luis Rubiales will ask for resignation of his position. At the age of 45, the leader accumulated controversies throughout his term, but the most recent episodes, during the Women’s World Cupwere the reason for general dissatisfaction, which culminated in this decision by the representative.

The most reliable Spanish newspapers consider the resignation to be certain, which should be officially announced this Friday, the 25th. Jenni Hermosoafter Spain won the Women’s World Cup, Rubiales was also caught making an obscene gesture on the platform where he watched the grand final against Spain. England.

With all this controversy, the entity’s president was heavily criticized for Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of the European country. According to the website ‘Relief‘, Luis Rubiales asked Jenni Hermoso to appear at his side in an apology video, but the player did not feel comfortable and refused the proposal.

“I was certainly wrong, I have to admit. It was without bad faith in a moment of maximum effusiveness. Here (in Spain) we saw this in a natural way, but abroad (in the country) a commotion was formed. I have to apologize, learn from this and understand that, when you are president, you have to be more careful.”said Rubiales, on video.

Resignation requests came from all sides, as they had already been made by the vice-president in charge of the Spanish government, Yolanda Diazthe Association of Spanish Football Players (AFE) and the Federation of Shareholders and Members of Spanish Football (FASFE).