Clean Hands asks the judge investigating irregularities in the RFEF to withdraw the passports of Rubiales and Piqué

He considers it a "proportionate measure" and assures that "it is being considered in criminal proceedings of great magnitude"

MADRID, 14 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Clean Hands union has asked this Monday the Majadahonda judge who is investigating the alleged irregularities committed within the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to withdraw the passport of the president of the institution, Luis Rubiales, and the footballer and owner of the company Kosmos Global Holding, Gerard Piqué.

In a letter, to which Europa Press has had access, the union has asked the head of the Court Number 4 of Majadahonda, Delia Rodrigo, to hold a hearing to agree on what they consider a "precautionary measure that is being considered in criminal proceedings of great magnitude" and that, in his opinion, is "proportionate".

In this context, Clean Hands recalls that Rubiales "plans to travel to Qatar with the Spanish National Team in the next few days" before the imminent start of the next edition of the Soccer World Cup. The union believes that although Piqué "is not part" of the national team, he will also travel to the country.

"The principle of article 14 of the Spanish Constitution that all Spaniards are equal before the Law must also be applied in this process," the union explained in a statement.

It should be remembered that this investigation, before the judge admitted a complaint against both in June, began in May after opening the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office for alleged irregularities in the management of Rubiales at the head of the RFEF and from, among other issues, the contract for the Spanish Super Cup to be played in Saudi Arabia with the mediation of Piqué.

In the complaint, presented by the leader of the National Training Center for Football Coaches (CENAFE), Miguel Ángel Galán, points to the commissions charged by the RFEF and Piqué's company for the Spanish Super Cup tournament to be played in the Arab country. To that was added another Clean Hands.

According to the complaint, Rubiales and Piqué concocted a "plan to profit" with the transfer of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia in exchange for 24 million euros, "stubbornly" hiding the commissions, which "they disguised documents pretending that the payment was produced by a third party". "The defendants began their plan in unity of interest, collaborating with each other in such a way that sometimes it was not easy to decide which of them was the president and which was the apparent commission agent," he mentions.

In the letter, Galán affirms that the objective of Rubiales and Piqué, current captain of the Barcelona Football Club, was to "do business", although they did not know "what", "how" or "where": "What they did know and wanted was to do it together", highlights the complainant.