Rubiales sees himself cornered and goes out with everything to defend himself: 'The money in my accounts is the product of savings'

Luis Rubialesformer president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), assured this Wednesday that he has “never” rigged a contract and said that it has “nothing to do” with the construction company Gruconsa, of which the UCO estimates that between 2019 and 2023 invoiced 3.8 million euros to the RFEF and the public company Cartuja Stadium in Seville.

“I have never rigged a contract,” stated the former federation leader in an interview in The sixth, in which he claimed not to have worked with Gruconsa during his presidency. He also denied being bitten.

“The statements made by the media and the money I had in my accounts have nothing to do with it. The money in my accounts is the product of my work and my savings.”he claimed.

Let there be a presumption of innocence, it seems that in Spain there is no

“I am not going to question the law enforcement agencies, if they have doubts we will clarify them. We don't have the summary. I have suffered 70 lawsuits these years and in all of them I have proven things. I have been in very complicated situations. I have gone to a place where they said I had hit a ball, a bite. There is a lot that has been abandoned for years that I have nothing to do with. Another thing that has come out is a bite in Cape Verde,” he explained.

“I have nothing to do with Gruconsa. I supposedly have many right hands. I have nothing to do with the construction company, I have not worked with her while I was president of the Federation. Let there be a presumption of innocence, which it seems there is not in Spain. In any media situation that I have been in recently there has not been one and I am going to clarify everything,” she added.

Rubiales defended his right to rebuild his life in Dominican Republic and the difficulties he has encountered since he resigned as president of the RFEF.

I wanted to be calm and start from scratch, meet people and be out of the spotlight

“I had some savings, I have worked for many years. All the money I have is in my accounts and is the product of my work and my savings. I was trying to start doing business here and elsewhere. I signed a contract with a Korean NFT company, for 1.8 million dollars for three years and as soon as the first one came out they called me saying that they had received a lot of pressure from Spain and they canceled the contract. It is being very difficult for me, until now I currently have no income. “I have met people and I make an honest living,” he said.

“Approximately five months ago my bank called me to tell me that they did not want to work with me. I spoke with my friend Nene, he told me that he was going to take a trip here and that I should come to look at job possibilities. I did not want to continue being in the bank. focus. I wanted to be calm and start from scratch, meet people and be out of the focus. In December I received that communication from the bank saying that I have to leave the bank due to possible irregularities in the future. It is evident that they do not want me in Spain.”

“I love my country,” he added, “and my people, but I have to make an honest living so that my family can get ahead. This country is being treated as a tax haven, but all the money that I have transferred here has completed an anti-money laundering treatment process.”

Rubiales assured that his objective in Dominican Republic They were “hotel businesses, construction, real estate sales,” but he found that they did not want to let him earn a living “neither in football nor outside of it.”

“I have had bank accounts here for three months, never when I was president of the Federation. I don't have bank accounts anywhere other than Spain. I have declared everything in Spain, my income came from football and the sale of an apartment. There are many people in football who earn much more than I did, I had my declared savings. I have never taken a bite, ever in my life. “Everything has been duly declared,” she assured.

The former president of the Federation assured that there was nothing illegal in the contract for La Cartuja to host the Spanish team's matches.

“Everything at the Cartuja was done impeccably. I am not going to hide, I am convinced that everything has been done well. Under the confidentiality of summary there is information that has not reached me. The president of the Federation since my arrival does not have the criteria to say this work or that other, he does not designate what is done. I have never received payments from these operations. It will never be possible to prove that I have money in other countries in accounts in my name or that of other people.”

And he spoke about his relationship with Nene,
separating himself from common businesses, since he admitted that it has been impossible for them to carry them out.

“I have known Nene for 30 years, him and his wife, a family that I love very much. I feel extremely sorry for what you are going through, I don't understand why, I guess because you are my friends. He is a long-time businessman in hotels and construction. He is advised by his lawyer but in no case has he given me money for a work. Here we were trying to do business together, but it's impossible, I can't even afford a Coca Cola. My accounts have been blocked, without having proven that I have done anything. My accounts were blocked a day ago by those here and those in Spain four or five days ago.”

It was Kosmos who brought Saudi Arabia. News was released knowing it was false

“If Nene's audio is manipulated like it has been manipulated, I understand why they think those things. It is said in a context in which it seems that I am going to take money in exchange for something. I have had friends for many years, and there will be many more people who, if there is an opportunity… There are calls in which they tell me, hey, you can do it here, you can meet people, you can build… What's the problem?” he explained.

He also explained the relationship with former player Gerard Piqué's company Kosmos and assured that there was no offer from Qatar that could compete with Saudi Arabia for the dispute Spain Supercup.

“It was Kosmos who brought Saudi Arabia. News was released knowing it was false. He said that we had awarded Saudi Arabia for an amount less than what Qatar was giving us and he knew it was false and he was lying. They have accused us of those things. When there is a complaint, they charge you or call you to testify. “It is false that we chose that offer when there was a better one.”

“The one from Qatar was not an offer, it was a proposal that they did not validate before the ten days had passed. It was an intention that had to be approved. Qatar, we are interested in doing this, a committee has to approve it in ten da
ys and “Then the proposal will be firm. Ten days pass and they do not accept it, the offer declines, there is no offer.”

“I have never had business in Saudi Arabia. I wish I could have businesses there or anywhere, I have a family that needs to get ahead, and I also want to get ahead. I am moving with all the contacts I can have wherever I want, I am a free person with the right to earn a living. It seems that having been president of the Federation or receiving several complaints disqualifies you from everything. I want to make a living and I have contacts, and I want to use them, although they have made it very difficult for me,” he stated.

Rubiales ruled out that he was thinking of contacting the Royal House for help and that he had spoken with the Spanish Government. And he addressed his broken relationship with his uncle Juan, who he claimed was the one who recorded conversations that have been leaked.

“It has been proven that he recorded the conversations. I can't drive and record myself while. On one occasion I realized that he was recording and we had some discussion. I have tried to share with my uncle all the good things he has given me, he has been in very difficult times in my life. I never kicked him out of the RFEF. I prefer to stay with the first, the rest is painful. I am willing if there is a doctor who can assure us that if we use truth serum and they ask me if I have ever been with a prostitute and I tell them no. Ask my uncle too. No one will ever be able to prove it because I have never been. The relationships I have had are intimate and within the freedom of two adults.”

“The Government should not worry about the recordings that may come from my phone. I know very little about Koldo García, I have spoken with him three or four times. He has asked us for tickets, like all politicians. All the national, non-independence parties, except VOX, which have not asked us for tickets, the rest have done so many times. Why did Koldo contact me? He was a friend of Aldama, president of Zamora, and they asked me why he didn't go up for Zamora instead of another team. “I have never evaded an explanation.”

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With EFE.