UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin calls the behavior of the president of the Spanish Football Federation inappropriate. But he says that the European Football Association does not want to interfere with the investigation that the global football association FIFA has started into the behavior of Luis Rubiales.
“What he did is obviously inappropriate. We all know that. I hope he also knows it’s inappropriate. This is all I want to say about it now. We are also waiting to see what the FIFA disciplinary committee will say,” Ceferin told the French newspaper L’Equipe.
46-year-old Rubiales kissed Spanish player Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth during the ceremony after the World Cup final. Spain won the title at the expense of England. The kiss caused quite a stir. But Rubiales refuses to leave. FIFA suspended him for 90 days pending the investigation.
His case is now in the hands of FIFA. I don’t want to go into it now, because it might give the feeling that I want to increase the pressure,” said Ceferin. The president of UEFA said that the European federation is not taking any measures against Rubiales now. “Due to his suspension from FIFA, he is no longer allowed to perform his duties, so there is no point in suspending him twice.”
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