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Scandals continue to pile up for Luis Rubiales. Spanish digital media ' The Objective ' published this Tuesday several written and voice conversations, allegedly from the phone of the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which may indicate a possible attempt to appropriation of funds by UEFA.
These documents reveal that at the request of Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique, Rubiales, in office at the time, contacted UEFA president Aleksandar Ceferi to find a solution to offset the cuts in players' wages caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. , in 2020.
The first talks date back to April 2, 2020. Pique had expressed to Rubiales Mesi's concern about the drastic reduction in his salary proposed by FC Barcelona to cope with the losses caused by the pandemic.
Acting as a mediator, the Federation president, an hour later, contacted Ceferi to suggest that he "use UEFA funds intended for the RFEF" to compensate the economic losses of Messi and some players.
An economic proposal was presented to Ceferin
" It is important for us to have Messi and others", explained Rubiales, according to 'The Objective'. Without having to invest money. You just have to change destination and keep giving money to new clubs ..."
He then tells Ceferin: " The only thing they (Pike and Mesi) told me is that, please, no one should know what we're talking about, because if people find out, they'll kill us. They're too careful that no one knows they want to get the money they lost.
They are worried about it. It must remain confidential. The president of UEFA then calmed him down and assured that "not even our dog will learn it ".
Following this exchange, Rubiales held a three-way phone conversation with Messi and Pique during which, according to 'The Objective', they created a plan to present to Ceferini to compensate the player losses.
Over the following days, after various exchanges between Rubiales and Ceferin, the economic proposal was submitted to the UEFA president on 6 April. However, without knowing if the latter was successful and if the players received compensation for lost wages.
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