Former Spain and Real Madrid head coach Vicente del Bosque has been appointed as the head of a new government-created committee to supervise the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
Government spokesperson Pilar Alegria confirmed on Monday that Del Bosque, 73, will lead the Superior Sports Council’s (CSD) new commission of “supervision, normalisation and representation” as part of a bid to reform Spanish football.
The new body has been created in response to the ongoing fallout from scandals following former president Luis Rubiales’ departure, after he was forced to resign.
FIFA representatives have travelled to Madrid to meet with the Spanish government and Spanish Football Association (RFEF) following a number of recent scandals at the federation.
FIFA general secretary Mattias Grafstrom and FIFA legal director Emilio Silvero are in Madrid on Thursday for a meeting with the Spain’s Superior Sports Council (the CSD), the government agency responsible for the country’s sporting policy, with the aim of stabilising the situation at the RFEF. Spain’s role at the 2030 World Cup, which the country is co-hosting alongside Morocco and Portugal, is also.
The acting head of the Spanish football federation, Pedro Rocha, will travel to FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, next week to reassure the world governing body of changes his organisation is making after a number of recent scandals.
Rocha and FIFA president Gianni Infantino already met recently in London to speak about the federation’s situation, but more discussions are set to be held. According to federation (RFEF) sources who, like all those cited in this article, asked to remain anonymous as they did not have permission to comment Rocha’s managing committee.
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