The president of the Real spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, gave an extensive interview to the program 'The spar' of the SER string that which, among many other things, advocated a change in the format of the current team competition or a reduction of teams in the First Division.
Rubiales stated that “we have a 38-game league and it can only be done in two ways: either the teams decrease or the format changes. If you decrease the teams, the clubs will not want to. So you have to look for a different format, with a 33-day competition in which there may even be more than two Classics. We can sit down with LaLiga to talk about dreams that Tebas has about neutral fields without harming the fans so that they have their game at home and away. Certain matches can be played in neutral fields. As the most modest adhere to the league of 20 with the 38-day format, they will play a pulse that can be won or lost. Either the leagues reduce the teams or they change the format and that is something that will happen in the next two or four years and if they want to have a pulse there will be four, six or eight clubs that are unchecked. We have to reach an intermediate point, which is what UEFA is proposing. We are going to a format in which the greats generate more box office ”.
On Superliga or the Superchampions, the president said that “I am optimistic. There will be no Super League outside of UEFA. Ceferin knows football in a spectacular way. It will give more comfort to the big ones, but it will not leave the little ones ”.
Regarding the candidacy of Spain and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup, he commented that “it is a winning bet. It will be the most powerful. There would be 16 venues, with three or four in Portugal. We are going to have more locations. I would bet on us. I want to transmit security and humility ”.
He also returned to the subject of football on Friday and Monday. “We received with surprise the resolution of the games on Mondays and Fridays. Irene Lozano said that she would respect the judicial decisions. We were surprised by the how and when. It was no accident. It was leaked to the media and a resolution opposing what the judge says comes out. The moment when a sentence was going to come out that gave us the reason is not by chance. This needs to be fixed quickly. We are going to try to solve it diplomatically because if not, bigger problems will be created ”.
And as for the possibility of there being a Basque official teamHe said that “Spanish football without Basque would not be understood. Things have to be said clearly to avoid false expectations. Nowadays to compete officially you have to be an independent country ”.
Of Iker CasillaRegarding his complaints about how the elections to the RFEF presidency were organized, he commented that “on December 16, I announced the elections for January. We have accomplished everything. There have been thousands of votes to elect the assembly members. I don't know why Iker says that. If they close the border between Spain and Portugal they would have stayed in Spain. I do not want to argue. If you need me just by calling I'll be there. Stay in Spain and visit the assembly members. I did the work three years ago ”.
He also criticized the president of the AFE, David aganzo. “Of between 10 and 12 meetings, he has come to one because he was playing football. We have given four million euros for the Second B and Third clubs to pay ”.