The keys to deciphering what Rubiales says and is silent: ethical nuances, evasions and conflicts of interest

• Opinion The problem is not in the commissions

• Exclusive Arabia pays 10 million more if Real Madrid and Barcelona are in the Super Cup

• Analysis The dangerous position of Rubiales

• Luis Rubiales "I do not charge legal or illegal commissions"

• Gerard Piqué "I have nothing to hide. In fact, I feel proud"

It was very obvious that

wanted to put the spotlight on his humble origins, on the one hand, and on the fear that he says he had of having more things done to him (the sack of cocaine, the shot in the neck...) He wanted to call the attention to the illicit origin of the recordings and that everything responded to a hunt against him.

However, it is convenient to dwell on the substantial issues.

1. ABOUT THE CHARGE OF COMMISSIONS

«I do not charge commissions, neither legal nor illegal.

If there is any kind of commission, Kosmos will have it with Saudi Arabia.

The Federation has not paid, nor does it pay, nor will it pay one euro of commission for this operation.

It's all very mafia, mixing questions, audios, which in a colloquial context can do a lot of damage by saying that we have agreed commissions.

I repeat, Luis Rubiales does not charge commissions, legal or illegal.

TRUTH

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At this point Rubiales was very blunt, since he is the central nucleus of the entire controversy.

Beyond the deliberate ambiguity of some information, the experts agree that, with the information that is known today, it seems difficult to find a fault with the president here.

The commissions went to Kosmos, and they were legal commissions.

2. ABOUT IF THE PIQUÉ COMMISSION CLAIMED THE SAUDI

“In this type of situation, it is very common for people who have done business with us to call us to ask us to lend them a hand if they have one.

It is quite usual.

I repeat: there is no conflict of interest because there is no financial relationship between the Federation and Kosmos.

The contract is exemplary, transparent.

The management is clear, transparent, honest and beneficial for Spanish football."

EVASIVE

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Yes, there is a violation of article 24 of the Code of Ethics, since Rubiales admits that he does demand that the Saudis pay the commission to Kosmos.

To take refuge in the fact that it is not the Federation that pays is to escape.

Article 22 of that same text speaks of conflict of interest.

Does the presence of Madrid and Barça influence the price to be charged by the Federation and, therefore, in the salary of the president, even if it is in a minimum amount?

Yes.

Rodrigo Jiménez EFE

3. THE VARIABLE PART OF THE SALARY

«In Spain there are two models.

One is LaLiga, where the president, who earns 3.5 million, has a large fixed salary and a small variable depending on that fixed salary.

The other model was that the fixed salary was lower and the variable was chained to management.

I feel well paid, when I arrived Spanish football generated 140 million, and now it generates more than 400, and that is the result of the work of my team and myself.

HALF TRUTH

It is true that his salary exceeded 634,000 euros in 2021, and that the penalty clauses if Madrid and Barça do not go would hardly mean a loss of 1.18%, but here he did not want to delve into what is important either, summed up in that, any income that enters the Federation, he charges 0.15%, and therefore conversations such as those overheard legitimize suspicions about the operation.

4. CONTRACT ETHICS

“Ethical or unethical?

The question is not that, but if an intermediary works and collects from one of the parties 10% of the entire operation, and that is within the market, why not?

He was the one who introduced us to that partner and has negotiated that possibility.

If he charges 10% or more he cannot do it with the Federation.

For our part, the report of the Ethics Commission was favorable to the contract, giving us a series of recommendations such as that women could go on equal terms and a women's league be created.

That has been accomplished."

HALF TRUTH

The report of the Ethics Commission of the Federation, indeed, was favorable to the contract with Arabia.

But the president can't say whether it's ethical or not, that's not the question.

Yes is the question, beyond legality, for now not questioned.

Rodrigo Jiménez EFE

5. ABOUT QATAR'S OFFER

"Qatar's proposal was not perfected.

What we did was accept the best offer of all the ones we had by far and the only one that arrived perfected»

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Here the Secretary General,

, intervened .

TRUTH

The contract with Qatar was pending the OK of the country's authorities, something that never came.

Therefore, it is not possible to speak of a rejected offer.

The explanations of both, in this case, were convincing.

6. ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY BETWEEN CLUBS

«The distribution that we have with the criteria of the Federation is much more benevolent with the clubs below than with Real Madrid and Barcelona.

If we did it with the criteria of the League, the distance would be much greater.

And we can't fool ourselves, in any competition, Real Madrid and Barcelona charge more.

Only Valencia has complained.

Camps also intervened here, who gave a specific example without citing the club of origin.

TRUTH

It is true that only Valencia has filed a complaint for this distribution, which gives more to the two greats.

That is a reality that also occurs in the League and in the Champions League, and that all club presidents admit in private as something logical.

The modest distribution to football cannot be called into question either.

Rodrigo Jiménez EFE

7. ABOUT PIQUÉ'S REQUEST TO GO TO THE GAMES

«The same appears another that is not Piqué, because there were more who asked me.

It's not a plug issue.

He announced a long time ago that he didn't want to play and I spoke with Luis de la Fuente about him and many others, and then I told Luis: 'you make the decisions you have to make', that's very common.

By the way, I want to emphasize that those who want to come to the national team, tell them not to talk to me, because it is obvious that those who talk to me have not been to the Olympic Games.

EVASIVA

It is not serious to solve an issue like this with the phrase that Piqué was not summoned.

It is very serious that a player goes to a president to ask to play in a team with which he has nothing to do, and the normal reaction of the president would have been to settle the matter, and not even promise a conversation with the coach.

8. ABOUT WHO IS BEHIND ALL THIS

"I know who benefits from all this, and you too, but I'm not going to talk about it.

If someone is able to get information from my mobile, manipulate and lie, I have no doubt that I am on the good side and I will continue to be on the good side.

People who have done this, because this is not just one person, will know why they have done it."

He repeated the argument several times, and was even asked directly if he was referring to

, president of LaLiga.

HALF TRUTH

Probably the advice of his lawyers was good.

Without evidence, it would have been absurd to say out loud a name, or names, which, however, did fly over the auditorium.

But then, almost better not to say anything.

Rodrigo Jiménez EFE

9. ON THEFT OF INFORMATION

“I consider myself a very brave man.

To be in my situation in the Federation you cannot lack courage.

I knew that powerful people were going to attack me, but not that they were going to take information from my phone.

That has exceeded all limits.

The only thing I'm afraid of is that they put a sack of cocaine in my car, the same ones who have passed that information to you with an encrypted voice, it's all very mafia.

My life is on my phone, photos with my daughters, with my friends.

I am a normal guy who has nothing to hide, and despite everything they have come for me.

But I'm an honest guy."

HALF-TRUTH

Half-truth in the sense that, without doubting, although the Police must confirm it, that it is a robbery, the origin of the audios of

does not invalidate the importance of what is heard in them.

The positions of censoring the origin and, at the same time, recognizing the importance of the content heard are not incompatible.

10.ABOUT HIS RESIGNATION

"Look, I'm going to tell you a story.

When I was a baby, my sister fell on me and broke my legs in several places.

The doctor told my father: "it will be anything but a footballer", and he looks.

I'm an honest guy, I consider myself a fighter and I'm going to continue working for Spanish football.

Normally I wear a cap on the street, but now I'm going to take it off so that they can see me well, because I will go with my head held high.

I have no reason to hide because here we are honest above all else.

The management of the Super Cup case has passed all legal and ethical filters, and I say it loudly.

I will not leave, because neither the Federation nor its president have taken anything, neither in the Super Cup nor in anything."

EVASIVE

Not even admitting the ethical nuances, and not even, in a policy of minimal, aesthetic nuances of everything that has happened these days is to be out of touch with reality.

It may be just a posture facing the outside, and that deep down he knows that there are things that he cannot repeat, but that way of speaking so emphatically was probably superfluous.

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