Iker Casillas will stand for the RFEF elections against Luis Rubiales

The presidential elections of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), which do not yet have an official date for this 2020, are very close to winning an opposition candidate for Luis Rubiales. This is none other than Iker Casillas, still active goalkeeper, who according to the Be will take the final step to retire and stand for election. In a decision that would have already approached the Higher Sports Council (CSD), from this body they recognize elEconomista.es that last week there was a meeting with the former captain of the National Team.

Whoever was in charge of raising the three most important trophies in the history of Spanish football to heaven has already decided to launch an electoral race for being the most responsible for it. Casillas, who currently acts as a link between the board and the staff of Porto after a myocardial infarction, has consulted with his environment the possibility and is persuaded to take the great step to be the opponent of Rubiales to the RFEF.

Elections that do not yet have an official date and are pending the new CSD chaired by Irene Lozano approve the request of the current leader of the Federation to advance the elections before Tokyo 2020. As the law marks, in the Olympic year the federations who must hold elections for their presidency have to wait for the end of the Olympic event, but Rubiales asked the body to vote before the summer date.

The letter is on the table of the government agency that must decide whether to accept or deny the claims made by Rubiales. Anyway, as the aforementioned radio reports, Casillas has already made the decision of whether the elections are before or after Tokyo, he will be leading an opposition candidacy for the leader who arrived in May 2018.

All after meeting during the last months with influential agents of the sport, as well as former companions and communicating to the CSD that decision to present themselves. An initiative that is now pending the official announcement of the goalkeeper that would entail his withdrawal and abandonment of Porto, as well as the position he has as a LaLiga ambassador.

In the face of the elections, Casillas knows that he has unquestionably popular support, however he will need something else to beat a Rubiales that due to his position as president has more advantage to be re-elected. The President of the Federation is elected by the General Assembly of the RFEF and this is made up of 144 people plus the top soccer leader. That is, 145 different positions to which the player should convince, being these 19 presidents of territorial federations, 49 clubs, 32 players, 11 referees, 16 coaches, 12 representatives of futsal, 3 born clubs according to Statutes and 2 belonging to football Beach.

The race for the presidency of the RFEF has taken a new step and the former captain of the National Team has already taken the witness that AFE and LaLiga threw him to make an opposition to Rubiales and with that, have a more dialogic hand in front of Spanish football .

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