In the last few hours, a global scandal came to light in which footballers would be involved. Lionel Messi and Gerard Piqué, who communicated by messages with the former president of the Royal Federation of Spain, Luis Rubiales, and with the current president of Uefa, Aleksnder Ceferín.
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The middle The Objective revealed what would be an audio of Rubiales that leaves people in a bad position Piqué, Messi and Ceferín for an alleged diversion of funds to address players’ losses due to the reduction in their salaries due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Luis Rubiales, in a statement at the Prosecutor’s Office in September 2023.
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“In that telephone conversation – as this newspaper has learned after analyzing the communications of the former president of the RFEF with Ceferin – Piqué, with the authorization of Messi, expresses to Rubiales the Argentine player’s concern about the significant reduction in his million-dollar salary due to the coronavirus pandemic. A few days before, FC Barcelona had proposed a salary reduction of up to 70% for the workforce, in response to the health crisis that also had an impact on the economy,” he adds.
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Rubiales, who acted as a communication bridge, expressed to him an hour later the concern of Lionel Messi and your friend Gerard Piqué to the president of Uefa through a WhatsApp audio revealed by the media.
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Compromising audios
The only thing they said was that please, no one has to find out what we are talking about, because if people know that we are talking about our money, everyone will want to kill us.
“I spoke again with Leo Messi and Gerard Piqué, They know me very well and I know them too, Piqué is a great friend of mine and they trust us. “They are happy that the RFEF and Uefa are the only institutions that care about the players because Fifpro and the union are on another level,” the audio says in English.
And he adds: “The only thing they said was that please, no one has to find out what we are talking about, because if people know that we are talking about our money, everyone will want to kill us.”
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Rubiales He asks Ceferín to handle the information secretly and that it only be among the fourth. “I to
ld them: ‘Don’t worry, it’s confidential, just between the president (Ceferín) and me (Rubiales), and Gerard Piqué and Lionel Messi.”
Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA.
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I say that it is important for us to have Messi and the rest with us. No need to put money
“I say that it is important for us to have Messi and the rest with us. Without the need to put money in. We only change the destination and continue giving money to young clubs,” says Rubiales.
“He (Messi) is afraid that someone will know that we are taking care of the salaries of the great players, he adds to continue pointing out that it must be treated confidentially.”
Pique, defender of Barcelona.
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Corruption plot?
A few days later, the former president of the RFEF presented him with an economic proposal to divert 50 percent of the funds to several of the affected players, The Objective explained.
“The RFEF would allocate approximately 50% of the total solidarity payments to the contingency fund. The fund would cover the salary reduction of players in the First Division, Second Division, Second Division B, Third Division, Women’s Soccer and Futsal – futsal -. The other 50% would be distributed in accordance with current demands exclusively among clubs that during the Covid-19 crisis did not agree to salary reductions with their players (25% for professional clubs and 25% for non-professional clubs). mechanism would be applied during the period necessary to fully or significantly cover the salary reduction caused to the players (we consider it to be around 50 million euros)”, was Rubiales’ proposal to Ceferín.
here could be signs of alleged influence peddling, given that the players involved in the negotiations with Rubiales would benefit from this strategic plan, possibly obtaining more favorable conditions than the rest of their teammates.”
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