The president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), José Manuel Franco, has asked Luis Rubiales, head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), to provide the data he has "to mitigate the concern" that has been generated after the latest information about him and that can "harm the image and good name" of the federative body.

"Dear president, the repeated publication of journalistic information that points to alleged irregular behavior in your performance as president of the RFEF can harm the image and good name of the Federation," says the letter that Franco has sent to Rubiales and to which he has had access Europa Press.

The leader reminds the president of the RFEF that his decision "to put these events in the hands of justice should contribute to dispelling any doubts in this regard", but that "as long as the justice does not rule" on his "complaint and those that other people may interpose", considers that it would be "very convenient" to provide "public opinion with the data you have to mitigate the concern that some information has generated".

Finally, José Manuel Franco makes it clear in the letter that the Higher Sports Council "is committed to defending the best values ​​of sport and the prestige of all sports institutions and entities, objectives that we undoubtedly share with the Federation that you preside over" .

Luis Rubiales has been the subject of accusations in recent days as a result of new information revealed by 'El Confidencial', among which are possible recordings of the Prime Minister himself, Pedro Sánchez, ministers or members of United We Can, or of having posted a detective to learn about the movements of the president of the AFE, David Aganzo.

The RFEF has denied all these facts, emphasizing that it is "a smear campaign orchestrated by a very clear and defined group of people in order to destroy the reputation of Luis Rubiales, a victim of these maneuvers and all those who are behind collaborating with the same objective.

Through a press release, the communication team of the Royal Spanish Football Federation has confirmed that it is making itself available to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.

«After the latest events, and in view of the latest information appearing in the media, for the sake of transparency and in order to collaborate with justice, the RFEF has appeared before the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, making itself available to facilitate the documentation you need or clarify any aspect that is requested. The RFEF remains firm in its position regarding the legality of all its movements, in the face of the accusations made in an unprecedented smear campaign against the president of the RFEF and his team. The Federation collaborates and will collaborate with all those bodies that request information to demonstrate that all the accusations respond to a forced story to confuse public opinion and try to finish off the president of the RFEF, "concludes the statement.