The case examining allegations of corruption during Luis Rubiales’ time as Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president took a further twist on Friday as the man who replaced him was also put under investigation.
Pedro Rocha, who took over after Rubiales decided to resign in September, having already been suspended by FIFA over his behaviour at the Women’s World Cup final the month before, had been called as a witness in the case.
But after his appearance at a Madrid court on Friday he, like Rubiales, has now been placed under investigation.
On March 20, Spanish police carried out a series of raids as part of an anti-corruption investigation codenamed ‘Operacion Brodie’ — after Englishman John Alexander Brodie, an Everton fan who pioneered the use of football nets in the late 19th century and worked for a while in Bilbao in the north of Spain.
Guardia Civil officers — one of Spain’s two national police forces — raided the RFEF headquarters at Las Rozas near Madrid, as well as other locations across the country. Seven arrests were made — five in Madrid and two in the southern city of Granada, where a property owned by Rubiales was also searched.
At the time, Rubiales was in the Dominican Republic, where he said he was on business. On his return to Spain on April…
 president took a further twist on Friday as the man who replaced him was also put under investigation. Pedro Rocha, who took over after Rubiales decided to resign in September, having already been suspended by FIFA over his behaviour at the Women’s World Cup final the month before, had been called as a witness in the case. But after his appearance at a Madrid court on Friday he, like Rubiales, has now been placed under investigation. On March 20, Spanish police carried out a series...){kind=link}