Ángel María Villar , former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), reappeared in a public ceremony two years after the start of the instruction of Operation Soule , in which he is investigated, and after ensuring that it is "very slow" denounced "the irreparable damage caused" to Sandro Rosell in a judicial process.

"It is an injustice what has been done with Rosell, with his wife and family and friends. The moral, material and physical health damage that has been done to that family is irreparable . What does society, the world of football so that does not happen again? Well, nothing, only worries us when it happens to us, "he said.

Villar intervened at the World Football Summit forum in Madrid, to discuss the current challenges of football, and questions from the lawyer Reyes Bellver also spoke of the case of the former president of Barcelona, ​​who was imprisoned 643 days before being tried for money laundering and then declared innocent, and of Operation Soule , in which it appears as investigated for possible corruption in the RFEF.

"I find it wonderful, in my sauce with football people, the process is slow, the instruction is very slow and my lawyers are providing evidence and elements that they consider appropriate," said Villar, one of those investigated for the alleged commission of crimes of unfair administration and misappropriation in the RFEF , which he chaired for 29 years (1988-2017). Asked how he thinks his case will end, he was confident that he will be exempted from the charges he is accused of: "I hope you will declare me innocent because I have done nothing," he said.

"I am very grateful to football"

Disabled by the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD) in December 2017 , months after the investigation of the case began in July of that year, Villar argued that on Wednesday he broke his silence in a public act thanks to football. "I am here because I am very grateful to football. My life has been football since the age of 10 or 11 that I started playing until now that I am 69 years old. And when what happened to me happened, two years have passed, I made a reflection, I have been in football for more than 50 years, I have some experiences and I would like the new generations of leaders to know my experiences because they can still serve them. Soccer has given me values, training, friendships, knowledge of countries and cultures ", He said after thanking the invitation to participate in the forum.

On the current confrontation between the presidents of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales , and LaLiga, Javier Tebas , he did not want to comment on "not knowing the ins and outs", and assured that in his stage, although they did not speak among the presidents, they did speak " institutions "although there were" discrepancies " .

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