The Spanish Football Federation has announced that it agrees to fundamental structural changes in the federation’s operations.
The players of Spain, who won the soccer world championship, have reached an agreement with their country’s soccer association.
Spain’s players announced on August 25 that they will not play for the national team until real sporting and structural changes are made by the Football Association.
Now the parties have announced that the football association plans to make fundamental changes and they plan to announce them soon. The players also decided to boycott the national team.
However, two players recently invited to the Nations League matches decided to leave the team for personal reasons. Neither player will be penalized for this, and it has also been agreed that they will remain anonymous.
The decision was made in the morning after a meeting that lasted more than seven hours. President of the Spanish National Sports Council by Victor Francos according to the contract is supposed to be signed on Thursday.
“The players have expressed their concern about the need for fundamental changes in the Spanish Football Federation, and it is committed to implementing these changes immediately,” Francos told reporters, according to Reuters.
The Spanish Football Federation has been in the middle of an uproar since the chairman Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed at the award ceremony of the World Cup final Jennifer Hermosoa.
On Tuesday, Hermoso criticized the new head coach of the Spanish national football team Montse Tomesia, who decided not to invite Hermoso to the Nations League matches. Tome chose 15 recent world champions, even though many of the chosen ones had told about their national team strike.
Tome justified not inviting Hermoso with the protection of the player.
– The environment is said to be safe for my colleagues, but at the same time they leave me uninvited to protect me, Hermoso writes on the messaging service X, formerly Twitter.
Hermoso believed that national team invitations are about the use of power. According to the Spanish sports law, players may have to pay a fine of around 30,000 euros if they refuse to participate in the national team.
– The players are sure that this is yet another means of division and manipulation to intimidate and threaten us with legal and financial consequences, Hermoso wrote.