Spain women's head coach Jorge Vilda's entire coaching staff resign in protest at the 'unacceptable attitudes and statements' of under-fire FA president Luis Rubiales
The hugely unpopular coach of Spain’s World Cup winning women’s team Jorge Vilda was left all alone in his position when his entire back room staff resigned in support of Jenni Hermoso.
Vilda was disliked by his players largely because they saw him as a stooge of the President of Spain’s Football Federation Luis Rubiales.
A statement signed by 11 coaching and technical staff expressed its ‘strongest and most emphatic condemnation of the conduct shown by the president of the Spanish Football Federation’.
Fifa suspended Rubiales for 90 days pending the conclusion of their own investigation on Saturday.
Earlier Spain’s Sport and Culture minister Miquel Iceta had explained his own delay in suspending Rubiales and admitted his permanent removal was in the hands of the Spanish courts.
Before learning of the FIFA decision Iceta said: ‘We would all like decisions to be taken as soon as possible, but there are procedures to be respected.
'The government cannot take a decision on its own. It needs an authorisation, and that comes from CAS (Court for Arbitration in Sport).’
Iceta was asked by El Pais if there were a possibility Rubiales could return to his job after CAS’ ruling.
He said: ‘Well if CAS considers that no serious or very serious action has taken place, because the government cannot say who presides over a federation.
‘But at the end of last year we passed a new sports law that reinforced the rights of women athletes. With the current legal framework it is very difficult not to consider that there has been a very serious action that deserves a significant sanction.’
And asked if the end was coming for Rubiales as President, Iceta said: ‘As far as the government is concerned, yes, but there is a part of the procedure that does
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