The investigating magistrate will recommend that former president of the RFEF Angel Maria Villar he is accused of fraud and corruption, after the investigation in the “Soule Case” was concluded. Villar is accused of favoring his son in some of his business dealings while he was head of the Real Spanish Football Federation.
While there was no direct contractual relationship between Villar and son Gorka Villar, the latter was involved in the selection of equipment and economic affairs of Spain through his agency Sport Advisors. Chain SER declaring that he will choose his opponents, agree to the economic conditions, and then take an agreement to the RFEF, who are said to have been defrauded of 4.5 million euros in the course of a decade between 2007 and 2017. The minimum benefit obtained by Gorka Villar was €367k in that period, while Villar senior facilitated this by avoiding internal controls and the tenderin process.
The friendlies between Spain and South Korea, Chile, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia have all been highlighted as cases where this has happened. There is also suspicion about another 235k € that came out of the RFEF accounts for services not rendered and the simulation of the pension of its secretary to provide its economic benefits. Five other members of his inner circle are also scheduled for trial.
This is just the latest scandal to tarnish the name of the RFEFafter the removal of Luis Rubiales as president, and the controversy over the successors Pedro Rocha and Rafael Louzan. The latter and incumbent is currently facing a court decision on his suspension from office due to previous accusations of perverting the course of justice while in public office.