Luis Rubiales resignation: Georgia Stanway says women's players will 'continue to fight for what's right'

Georgia Stanway on football coming together to force Luis Rubiales' resignation: «Together we are so powerful and we want to push for what's right. We will fight for what's right as Lionesses and here at Bayern. We have a resolution, we will continue to fight»

Monday 11 September 2023 15:40, UK

England's Georgia Stanway says she hopes players, staff and journalists will continue to «fight for what's right» in the aftermath of Luis Rubiales' resignation.

Rubiales announced he was stepping down as Spanish FA president on Sunday, three weeks after he kissed Spain's Jennifer Hermoso during the Women's World Cup champions' trophy celebrations, which the player said was not consensual.

As well as the entire victorious Spain squad refusing to play for their country again while he remained in post, various other Spanish players said they would boycott their national team while the issue remained unsolved and many more — including England's beaten finalists through a joint statement — joined forces to condemn his actions.

Things finally came to a head with his departure over the weekend which Stanway, speaking at a Bayern Munich Women's press conference, said showed the power of those joint forces in forcing change.

She said: «There's been an outcome now. We've fought as players, staff, journalists… we want women to feel comfortable in the workplace.

»Together we are so powerful and we want to push for what's right. We will fight for what's right as Lionesses and here at Bayern. We have a resolution, we will continue to fight."

Stanway started all seven of England's games which ended with that ultimately unsuccessful final defeat, and said she had still not fully processed the emotion of missing out on becoming world champions.

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