Spain: The Arrest Warrant for Rubiales, the Attack on the Football Federation and Marca’s “hard” Front page

Its football Federation, as well as its former president, Luis Rubiales, have been targeted by the authorities. Her front page is… all the money. Football Spain is in the eye of the cyclone. On Wednesday (20.03.2024) there was a raid on the Federation offices and the investigation had to do with violations in contracts and contracts of the last five years where the president of the federation was Rubiales who has now left after the kissing scandal in Heni Hermoso. The Spanish press reports reported that the police also went into arrests, without the names of the people, while there were reports that there were at the same time investigations in houses, including that of Rubiales in Granada. Although initially there were reports of the arrest of Rubiales himself, that is not true. The former president of the Spanish football Federation is reported to have issued a warrant, but is reportedly in the Dominican Republic. The problem for the Spaniards is that the Dominican Republic does not have a bilateral agreement to issue detainees which means Rubiales should be arrested on his return home. This tragic situation occupied the press in Spain and became headlines in Marca. “Shamy Football Federation” writes in its title the top sports newspaper. According to Spanish media, the view is expressed that the former president of the country’s Football Federation will cooperate with the authorities and will therefore return home voluntarily.