Luis Rubiales expresses his willingness to collaborate with justice: “I will bring forward my return when they ask me to”

The former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales has expressed his willingness to collaborate with justice and told Europa Press that he will bring forward his return to Spain from the Dominican Republic, scheduled for April 6, when he will ” ask for it”, after the searches this Wednesday by the Civil Guard in the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas and in his own home in Granada. “I have asked the court to bring forward my return when they ask me to,” the former president of the RFEF told Europa Press in a ‘wasap’ message, whose defense has informed the judge of the Court of First Instance and Instruction Number 4 of Majadahonda (Madrid) Delia Rodrigo that she plans to return to Spain on April 6. However, in the same letter, to which Europa Press has had access, he indicates that he is “at the full disposal” of the Court and that he could “return prior to that date if it is deemed necessary and if required to do so.” Rubiales is in the Dominican Republic, a country where he will join his three daughters and his ex-wife to spend the Easter holidays together and will return to Madrid on April 6, where he will arrive on a flight that will land at 11:25 a.m. , but insists on his intention to collaborate with Justice. “We do not know if the arrest of Mr. Rubiales has been ordered, but through this writing we wish to make it clear that he is at the full disposal of this Court in order to clarify the ongoing investigation,” the defense states. Rubiales’ defense presented the brief this Wednesday after learning that the judge had ordered a battery of proceedings to be carried out within the framework of a secret piece. It refers to a series of entries, searches and arrests in Madrid and Granada. The lawyer emphasizes that she has made available to the police authorities the keys to a property belonging to Luis Rubiales in Granada that are in the possession of his father to “avoid unnecessary damage to the property.” THE OPERATION OF THE UCO The operation of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard for possible corruption in the RFEF has left five detainees in Madrid and another two in Granada. Among those arrested are former collaborators of Rubiales such as Tomás González Cueto and Pedro González Segura, as confirmed by sources in the case, who also confirm that José Javier Jiménez and Ramón Caravaca are among those detained. There are also five people under investigation. The agents are investigating the alleged irregularities in the contracts to play the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia. They have also requested information on construction contracts at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville within the framework of the judicial investigation into possible corruption and money laundering that affects Luis Rubiales’ time as head of RFEF. Specifically, these would be contracts for works to be undertaken in La Cartuja but unrelated to the celebration of the major competitions held in this stadium in the Andalusian capital that hosts, among others, the matches of the Spanish Soccer Team. Sources from the Tourism Department of the Junta de Andalucía have also confirmed that the UCO has requested information about these contracts related to the La Cartuja stadium. INVESTIGATION IN MAJADAHONDA The request for information has been made within the framework of the proceedings ordered by the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Majadahonda (Madrid) for alleged criminal acts associated with corruption in business, unfair administration and money laundering. of capital between 2018 and 2023, when Luis Rubiales was in charge of the RFEF. The judge investigates allegedly irregular contracts such as the one that brought the Spanish Soccer Super Cup to Saudi Arabia, in an agreement mediated by Gerard Piqué, former FC Barcelona soccer player and president of the Kosmos company. Rubiales was in charge of the RFEF between 2018 and 2023, a position from which he resigned after the controversy that arose over the kiss on the mouth of Jenni Hermoso at the celebration of the Women’s Soccer World Cup that Spain won and which had initially cost him the provisional suspension for part of FIFA. The former manager was also vice president of UEFA during that time. Police proceedings have been carried out in coordination with the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime. In addition, it has had support from EUROPOL and has been developed in several provinces.