In a shocking speech, Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has refused to resign as the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation on Friday, bringing more shocking developments in a turbulent week which started as his forced kiss on Jennifer Hermoso overshadowed Spain’s first-ever Women’s World Cup title.
Rubiales’ exit was expected to be made official at the extraordinary general assembly meeting on Friday, a meeting that was called late Tuesday to address the incident. A crisis meeting was held in Madrid on Wednesday to discuss his successor, according to ESPN, and Pedro Rocha, head of the Extremadura football federation had been expected to be handed the job. Instead Rubiales surprised everybody when he took to the podium.
“I’m not going to resign, I’m not going to resign, I’m NOT going to resign, I’m NOT going to resign, I’m not going to resign.”
In his fiery speech, Rubiales not only refused to step aside but offered embattled coach Jorge Vilda the promise of a new four-year contract contract despite the protracted dispute between Vilda and his players.
“You deserve it, Jorge, we’ve gone through a lot, a lot. I’ve always said you were one of the best managers in the world in…
