9 rebellious “barons” will ask Pedro Rocha for an urgent confrontation on nerves and without Del Bosque | Relief

While fatigue and the holidays apparently brought some calm to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) last week, The reality is that the march is taking place within the country, nerves are frayed by so much movement and uncertainty, and the fighting continues unabated. All you have to do is make a circle of flame and drink a couple of cups of coffee to make sure there is plenty of fabric left to cut.

Recent layoffs and recent appointments have staff and the works council pricking up their ears. And the division between the territorial presidents, who are the pillars of the house, is complete. To the point that, as Relevo learned, nine barons who several weeks ago wrote a letter to the Central Bank asking for help, now want to demand in writing from Pedro Rocha which assembles the Commission of Presidents personally and urgently analyze the state of the matter in detail and slowly. If your movement called for cooperation on April 17, then the next one will be a little more assertive.

If they didn’t do it sooner, it’s because they waited until the RFEF President took office (he did it last time). 26 April), He will familiarize himself with his new office, where he already exercises all powers on the third floor of Ciudad del Futbol, ​​and will consider the highest priority situations in the institution, which are many and varied, since after the Brodie case and what is happening, it is beheaded. -About Grukonsa. And along the way, they also showed patience to buy time and wait to see if the CSD would dare to meet with its Board of Directors, which did not happen, to decide on the possible removal of the Extremaduran leader and the Management Committee, and to see if the Administrative Court for Sports ( TAD) took sides on some hot topic (Tebas and Real Madrid’s CVC complaint) that could impact Spanish football. After making sure that everything remained the same, they decided to take one more step.

Presidents who have the right to vote in the Assembly and who agree to go to the front are the Presidents Federation of the Valencian Community (Salvador Gomar), Castile and Leon (Marcellino Mate), Madrid (Paco Diez), Castile-La Mancha (Pablo Burillo) and the Basque Country (Javier Landeta), plus those interterritorial organizations that are not ex officio members, such as Las Palmas (Juan José Arencibia), Vizcaya (José Ignacio Gómez Mardones), Gipuzkoa (Manu Díaz) and Alava (Kepa Arrieta). They all want to clarify some of the issues that have alienated them from the leadership in recent weeks, try to converge on a few points that can still be salvaged, and, above all, know exactly where the Federation is heading. “There is boredom and a significant atmosphere of mistrust,” most admit.

Everyone, on both sides, wants to prevent a complete split of the territories because of all that this would entail before the future elections in September. And although people loyal to Roche began to express some contempt and indifference to the continued demands of their colleagues, Now they see the danger that civil war can bring through electoral means. These 9 barons They control almost 500,000 licenses out of 1,100,000 in Spanish football and are waiting to see what happens in Catalonia with Rochista and followed Joan Soteras (about 170,000) between now and the next election. If this group of managers dissatisfied with management can build bridges with La Liga and the AFE by proposing an internal consensus candidate (Gomar) or an external bells candidate (Mateu Alemany or David Aganzo), they will have an uphill battle. Rocha with the intention of lasting until at least 2028.

Currently, Rocha maintains a fluid relationship with only a few of them, such as Marcelino Mate, due to his career, position and experience in the house. And every now and then he calls someone else because they call him, not because he does. But with the others he hardly exchanges a word, and the tactic is to stall for time with the words “let’s talk.” In fact, the president’s entourage is more than angry with Manu Diaz. for being one of the leaders in drafting a letter of disagreement to the government – “which does not want to teach” – and for several of his statements in a recent interview given to Relevo to analyze the situation. The RFEF management communicates with them and other employees mainly through official messages. So, for example, last Tuesday, by email at 18:52, they learned that there is already a new secretary general (Álvaro de Miguel) and an undersecretary (Óscar Callejo), without specifying the information that this media outlet disclosed about the move. Alfredo Olivares (negotiating his departure) and Elvira Andres from the top leadership position of the RFEF.

Intentions

Nine Presidents rebels Next week they want to ask Rocha in person (and not telematically, as in recent cases) various questions that directly affect the organization. They want to be informed first-hand about the changes being made, how to follow them, the proposals that are being accepted, and even how the preparation of the dossier and the selection of venues for the 2030 FIFA World Cup is progressing. This is in general terms. But they also want to be able to ask questions about much more specific issues that no one has explained to them and that only became known through the press. Among them are the changes that recently took place in Mutualidad, whose president was Rocha and which left Mardones in charge when he decided to enter the election race. Or some practice of the Economic Commission, disputed by various judicial investigations. And even the composition of the board of directors is correct, which is not at all inclusive or representative of all national football.

Moreover, according to several sources, the intention of this group of presidents is to clarify the document published exclusively by Relevo, in which Alejandro Blanco (CE), Pedro Rocha and Rafael Luzan (Galicia) agreed and signed the RFEF roadmap. during the worst moments of this crisis. Besides, they want to know what about the announced forensic examination with great fanfare RFEF March 27, as well as the promises they fear were made to La Liga and Javier Tebas to change the direction of the relationship, and the concrete functioning of the Commission for Supervision, Normalization and Representation, organized by the government and supposedly already headed by Vicente del Bosque, despite the fact that no one knows or sees absolutely anything.

In Las Rozas, ordinary people with a strong Extremaduran background are still in power and Antonio Retamos “Jesse” and Rafael Luzan as heads of operations, and there, in addition to the tension accumulated by the entrances, exits and upcoming nominations, there are no new faces in the name of the CSD. UEFA or FIFA. “They are negotiating,” RFEF emphasizes. So much so that Rocha, and no one else, will hand over the league title to Real Madrid this Sunday in Valdebebas.