The new president of the Spanish Football Federation was named in the middle of the government commission

The Real Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced that interim president Pedro Rocha has been confirmed as the permanent president, after running unopposed in the elections. Rocha is currently under investigation for misuse of funds alongside former president Luis Rubiales, and was temporarily suspended by the High Committee for Sport (CSD) for allegedly exceeding his duties as interim president, but it was later confirmed that the RFEF Committee voted against extending his suspension. .

The Spanish government, through the CSD, had announced the creation of a commission to guide and inform the RFEF, and which will now work alongside it. rock. It is believed that they want to take control of the Federation until September, when the current mandate ends, and new elections will be held, according to Relief.

However, the CSD had been warned by UEFA and FIFA that if they interfere with the RFEF, then Spain could face suspension from the Euro this summer. Political intervention is prohibited by its statutes, and other countries have been suspended as a result.

In the middle of the investigation into corruption and misuse of funds in the RFEF, it is believed that the Government is willing to see the house clean RFEF, but Rocha is very much the continuity of the mandate of Rubiales. Meanwhile Rocha has denied all wrongdoing, but since the multiple Rubiales scandals, the revolution in Spanish football has not been. In September, it is unclear whether Rocha will run again for a long-term office, after taking over from Rubiales last September.