Does midfielder Pique and the Spanish Football Federation share shady money?

Pique speak up after the channel El Confidencial revealed many recordings of this midfielder, who is also the president Kosmos companytalk to the president RFEFMr. Luis Rubiales about bringing the Super Cup to Saudi Arabia to compete and split the money in the deal up to hundreds of millions of euros.

Pique denies having shady money sharing with RFEF when bringing the Super Cup to Saudi Arabia Marca

The Spanish Super Cup was brought to Saudi Arabia to compete for a period of 6 years from the 2019 – 2020 season, with each RFEF award receiving 40 million euros, and the Kosmos company founded and chaired by Pique, receive 4 million euros per tournament, plus 24 million euros for the whole deal.

Also in the tapes recorded by El Confidencial It was revealed that Pique had convinced the RFEF president to divide money for famous clubs like Real Madrid to play in the Super Cup for 8 million euros, then this team agreed to come to Saudi Arabia to play. This division is similar for Barcelona, ​​while the remaining teams receive only from 2 to 1 million euros.

Pique also said (to Mr. Rubiales): “A total of only 19 million euros (the money is divided among the clubs), and you, the Federation keep 6 million euros. We need to push Saudi Arabia more, if Real Madrid does not come, it will be difficult to succeed. If this tournament is held in Spain, where you can’t even make more than 3 million euros, think about it.”

In November 2019, the newspaper El Mundo said that Pique’s cooperation with RFEF to bring the Super Cup to Saudi Arabia is considered a conflict of interest, because the player himself also plays for Barcelona and directly competes in the tournament.

Therefore, after the incident with the channel El Confidencial revealed many recordings of Pique talking to the RFEF president about the money distribution, La Liga president Javier Tebas also said that this is a serious matter, but wait to see all the details before giving out. comment.

However, Pique also sent a notice on April 19, confirming that Kosmos’s business with RFEF is completely transparent, and the money division is completely legal according to the agreement.