Spain striker boycotts national team in protest against FA president Luis Rubiales



“Wearing the Spanish national team shirt is one of the greatest things that has happened to me in my career. I don’t know if at some point I will be selected again, but I have made the decision not to return to the national team until things change and this type of act does not go unpunished.

“For a fairer, more humane and decent football,” he added.

Luis Rubiales has been criticised for his actions at the World Cup

Iglesias joins a raft of figures inside and outside football to condemn Rubiales behaviour at the World Cup and subsequent reaction to the storm.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was asked about Rubiales in a press conference on Friday. “As a citizen, I did not like Rubiales’ behaviour,” he said.

The deputy prime minister Yolanda Diaz added to the prime minister’s criticisms, saying: “Impunity for macho actions is over.”

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Spanish sports council is now set to begin a disciplinary process by sending four official complaints against Rubiales to the Spanish Administrative Court for Sports. The council could in the meantime choose to suspend him from his role as FA president.

Rubiales is also is a Uefa vice-president and a member of its ruling executive committee. Uefa is yet to comment on the matter. Fifa has opened an investigation.

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