CSD cites Liga and FEF to stop the calendar war

The president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), Irene Lozano, has sent letters to their counterparts in LaLiga, Javier Tebas, and the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, to summon them to an “urgent meeting” next Thursday in which they clarify the calendar issue for the 2020-21 season and resolve an issue “absolutely essential”. After that meeting, he assures, the calendar will be known.

“Having reliably verified that there is no agreement between the Royal Federation and the LNFP, neither to organize the meeting nor on the text of the calendar proposal and conduct of the draw, I have given instructions to the General Director of Sports (Joaquín de Arístegui) to convene and preside over an urgent meeting, next Thursday, August 27 at 5:00 p.m.., at the CSD headquarters, to complete this process, “Lozano explained in the letter he sent to the two top leaders of Spanish football.

The president of the CSD explained that she has activated the prerogative that the RFEF-LNFP Coordination Agreement attributes to the Council, also taking into account what is established in article 8 s) of Law 10/1990 on Sports in matters of dispute resolution and compliance with its basic purposes.

“I believe that it is absolutely essential not to postpone the approval of the aforementioned calendar any longer: I trust that during said meeting an agreement will be reached between the two parties; however, the CSD will ensure that such a calendar is available at the end of that meeting“, sentenced Lozano.

For Thursday, precisely Tebas had decided to carry out the draw for the First and Second Division calendar The federative threat of being denounced by the Federation, which considers that it does not have the powers to do so, decreases. The FEF does not want to make the calendar until Competition does not solve the Fuenlabrada case, which could lead the Madrid team to a disciplinary decline. She has also been in favor of increasing the Second Division to 24 teams so that neither Deportivo nor Extremadura will descend, those allegedly harmed by Deportivo-Fuenlabrada's postponement of the last day of last season.