EXCLUSIVE: Spanish soccer federation presidents demand Luis Rubiales RESIGNS with fast impact following World Cup kiss scandal – as cousin of under-fire chief says he ‘made a mistake’ however insists he has a ‘good coronary heart’

The Spanish soccer federation has demanded its president Luis Rubiales resigns with fast impact following the World Cup kissing scandal.

Rubiales was broadly condemned for kissing World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s World Cup closing win in opposition to the Lionesses on August 20 

The regional presidents of the Spanish FA ‘unanimously’ agreed that the embattled chief ought to step down after disaster talks at the moment.

‘After the newest occasions and the unacceptable behaviors which have critically broken the picture of Spanish soccer, the presidents request that Mr. Luis Rubiales instantly current his resignation as president of the RFEF,’ a press release mentioned.

It comes simply hours after prosecutors opened a preliminary intercourse abuse investigation into Rubiales, whereas his mom has locked herself inside a church and gone on starvation strike to cease what she calls the ‘inhumane’ therapy of her son.

Considered one of Rubiales’ cousin instructed MailOnline at the moment that the household is heartbroken by how the incident has ‘been taken out of context’ and that though the 46-year-old ‘made a mistake’, he has a ‘good coronary heart’. 

On this night’s bombshell assertion, the regional presidents additionally congratulated the ladies’s crew for triumphing on the World Cup and recommended them on the ‘legacy’ they’re creating.

The Spanish soccer federation has known as for its president Luis Rubiales (pictured) to resign with fast impact following the World Cup kissing scandal

That is the second that Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain gained the Ladies’s World Cup

The assertion added: ‘We are going to urge the corresponding our bodies to hold out a deep and imminent natural restructuring in strategic positions of the Federation to present strategy to a brand new stage of administration in Spanish soccer.

‘As soon as FIFA has suspended Mr. Luis Rubiales, the Federation’s inner protocols have been activated on account of the suspension.

‘As well as, now we have urged President Pedro Rocha to instantly withdraw the final communication on behalf of the Federation with FIFA and UEFA that now we have recognized at the moment.

‘The RFEF maintains its dedication to proceed implementing its funding, in addition to equality insurance policies for the event of girls’s soccer.

‘Lastly, the Presidents’ Fee has given its unanimous assist to Mr. Pedro Rocha in order that he might lead a brand new stage the place dialogue and reconciliation with all soccer establishments is the road to observe. 

‘We make ourselves out there to the CSD and all of the establishments concerned to proceed constructing collectively the candidacy for the 2030 World Cup.’

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