Spanish Football Federation: Casillas's reasons: his political “vocation”, the impulse of his agent and powerful support | LaLiga Santander 2019

The goalkeeper announces his candidacy for the presidency of the RFEF. The elections are still pending final date in 2020.

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Veterans employees of the Federation do not forget the times that Iker Casillas, in his stage as an international, he expressed loudly the future plans that already hovered his head. Get ready, that someday I send here. Being the president, half-joke half seriously, from the authority that gave him to be the captain of the best Spanish team in our history. This Monday, years later, about to hang the gloves, he wrote down those dining room warnings. Yes, introduce me to the presidency of the RFEF when the elections are called. Together we are going to put our Federation at the height of the best football in the world: Spain. # IkerCasillas2020, tweet the still goalkeeper of the Port.

After probing football fields and meeting with Irene Lozano, the Secretary of State for Sports, Casillas has decided to take the final step officially announcing his candidacy for elections that are still very green. The date is unknown, the matter has been put into legal brambles by the president's interest, Luis Rubiales, in advance to spring.

The Royal Decree governing the matter recommends that the different Federations carry them out after Olympic Games, although sometimes (for example, to ngel Mara Villar in 2012) exceptions are authorized. That is what the current president wants, pending the resolution that the State Attorney has to take in the next few days.

At such a high legal level, the CSD went after Rubiales' allegations to the first contrary verdict of the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD), which did not see sufficient grounds to move the date. Now, if the Lawyer orders TAD Resume the matter, perhaps the president will get away with it. Or not, because times are already flying, and as soon as these pending decisions are delayed, the deadlines will be thrown over the Eurocup and, then, the elections will end up in autumn.

The favorite defends itself

The president defends that it will be advisable for the health of the Spanish candidacy at 2030 World Cup have as soon as possible new legislature. An argument that critics seriously question, pointing out as the main reason that an early call always benefits the favorite, rather than the applicant. Casillas knows, because of the task ahead. Because to get the throne, favorable opinion polls, neither his charisma nor his influential friendships will not be enough. To win the presidency, you will have to convince the majority of the 139 asamblestas with the right to vote. In total there are 140, but that last one should be forgotten because it is owned by Rubiales himself.

The confirmation of Casillas did not alter the pulse in Las Rozas, where they expected the news. There is questioned the preparation of the candidate, without experience or management studies. Details of his project are barely known, but at the different points of power of national football, point to his agent, Carlos Cutropa, as the authentic promoter of the initiative. In its panel of represented highlights Fernando Hierro, one of the faces that will accompany Iker in the adventure. He has the Malagueo experience in the Federation and sound scratches with Rubiales.

Who knows Casillas closely speaks of vocations, when interpreting this jump, remembering that economically, a character in his category will have a more profitable retirement as a commentator or advertising icon. The income of the president of the Federation, between fixed salary and percentage by sponsorships, round, in the best of cases, 400,000 euros a year. The goalkeeper, who has yet to announce his retirement from football, will look forward to a future linked to the direction of football, first the Spanish and then the international, in UEFA and FIFA, where he maintains good contacts. Meanwhile, Rubiales slips that he has Moncloa and the most important clubs on his side.

The power niches

He is also confident in his management, despite the noise of several episodes. The dismissal of Lopetegui, the strange return of Luis Enrique (and the controversial departure of his replacement, Robert Moreno), the disputed election of Arabia as the headquarters of the Super Cup … These soap operas may have generated a controversial external image of Rubiales, but that matters little to Election time It will be the various voters who decide, grouped most of them around the territorial federations, authentic niches of power for the president on duty.

As Villar solidified in the position almost 30 years. The fine (or thick) policy is the one that rules then, mixing personal relationships and the pampering that that territorial may have received or has promised to receive. The majority, they believe in the Federation, are on their side, having even seduced some opponents such as Galicia, Pas Vasco, Aragn or Andaluca. Madrid, for example, is going to go hand in hand with Casillas. The goalkeeper will also have the support of the Football Association (AFE), commanded by his good friend, David Aganzo.

Asked this Monday by this newspaper, he says his body is neutral. More clearly is the support of the League. Anyone before Rubiales, says Thebes. Will the accounts go to Iker? The race has just begun.