UEFA confirms Rubiales’ departure and avoids controversy

One day after Luis Rubiales change your mind and announce his resignation as president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and also send a letter to UEFA asking for his resignation as vice-president, the entity that governs European football released a note to “thank him for the services he provided” and took the opportunity to make it official that it no longer talks about the director’s controversy with the Spain women’s team. He kissed player Hermoso after the Women’s World Cup title and has been facing sexual assault charges.

Rubiales was reluctant to give up his position for two weeks, but enormous pressure and investigations ended up making him give up on continuing to command the RFEF and UEFA. The director announced on Sunday that he would not be able to perform his duties due to a suspension imposed by FIFA and decided to resign to do everything “so that the truth prevails.”

“UEFA takes note of the resignation of Luis Rubiales, with immediate effect, from the position of UEFA vice-president and member of the UEFA Executive Committee, which was due to end in 2027,” the organization posted on Monday.

“UEFA acknowledges the public discourse surrounding Rubiales and his recent actions, but would also like to thank him for his many years of service to European football,” he continued.

The organization took the opportunity to avoid the controversy at the awards ceremony and assured that it would not comment further on the Rubiales case. “In light of the ongoing legal proceedings, UEFA has no further comment on this matter.”