Luis Rubiales has changed a lot in just one week. At least, from doors out. At the press conference where he announced the suspension of football, in principle for two days, he had all the imaginable words against Javier Tebas . He called him "irresponsible" on account of the tests that LaLiga had sent to the professional teams, he said he was "unsupportive" and some other niceness. This Wednesday, however, the President of the Spanish Federation has not entered a single controversial issue that has been raised. Neither the return of the competition, nor Thebes, nor Casillas ... Nothing. Rubiales, his 'zen' version, real or false, has instead multiplied phrases such as the closing one: " We have to relax the declarations , I reach out to look for intermediate lines of action, sensible, sensible proposals with those who need it the most" .

The journalists have tried to tickle him, use the tactic of "oops and what they have told you" in search of a reaction of his usual ones, but there has been no way. Rubiales, who even had a hard time when he remembered that he is passing the quarantine away from his daughters , had a very clear mission: to present himself as the man who only cares about the health not only of the world of soccer, but of Spain in general, and like the man who only has thoughts to try to alleviate the devastating effects that coronavirus can have in the world of the ball.

The President has therefore presented a forceful battery of economic measures that encompass both professional football (which is not in his field of action) and non-professional football. For the most modest, it has announced an endowment of four million euros , from which those clubs that do not have enough liquidity to pay the salaries of technicians and players (and players) in this period of suspension of competitions may benefit. The Federation will give them the money directly and the clubs can return it to them over the next two years without interest. This measure is intended for the clubs of Segunda B, Tercera División and the first categories of futsal.

500 MILLION

And, although it is not within its competence, the Federation has also promoted a preferential line of credit, of a minimum of 500 million euros, for all First and Second Division teams . Therefore, it invites LaLiga and AFE to join the negotiations with the main banks. "It is about the whole world of football getting the best out of this dramatic situation," said Rubiales.

Beyond these measures, it has also announced that it makes available to the health authorities the Residence of the Soccer City of Las Rozas - where the selection is normally concentrated - available to relatives of the sick or doctors who, for not exposing their families, find a place to sleep. At the same time, it has also offered to all physiotherapists and psychologists who move in the orbit of federative football so that its services can be used by hospital staff.

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