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Gérard Piqué involved in a financial scandal with the Spanish Federation
Gérard Piqué and the Spanish Federation are at the heart of a big financial scandal. According to a report by El Confidencial, Barcelona defender Pique is involved in a financial corruption scandal with the president of the Spanish Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales.
According to the recordings and documents acquired by El Confidential, Pique and Rubiales colluded to pressure the Saudi authorities to pay a sum of 24 million euros to host the Spanish Super Cup in their country.
The leaked documents and audio further reveal that Rubiales agreed to pay Pique around €4m for the deal and tried to hide the Barca defender’s involvement in the contracts and records.
Indeed, the company of which Pique is the president, Kosmos, pockets 4 million euros per edition of the competition. In the conversations, we hear the player show off his talents as a businessman: “Look at Rubi, if we talk about money, they (Real Madrid) for eight million euros they go there. Eight million for Real, eight for Barça, the others we pay them 2 and 1, that’s 19 million in total and you, the Federation, keep 6. And if we put pressure on Saudi Arabia, we can get a little more out of it. We tell them that if they don’t want to, Real Madrid won’t go there… and we scratch one or two sticks (millions of euros, editor’s note) in addition ”.
Pique had helped Rubiales secure the deal to move the Super Cup from Spain to Saudi Arabia, with the deal being finalized in 2019.
At the time, the president of the RFEF confirmed that the defender had helped initiate negotiations through a company called Kosmos, in which he is a shareholder.
El Confidencial’s report claims that Pique and Rubiales had been in talks since 2018, with the Barcelona veteran apparently suggesting the idea of making the tournament with four teams playing the semi-finals before the final to increase commercial value.
Rubiales agreed with the plan and gave Pique the green light to explore possible buyers for the TV rights.
Conversaciones, documentos y audios reveal that Rubiales y Piqué se aliaron para cobrar una comisión multimillionaria por celebrar la Supercopa en territorio saudí.
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Since finalizing the deal with Saudi Arabia, the Spanish Football Federation has been guaranteed a payment of 40 million euros every year. On top of that, Rubiales’ salary has also been multiplied.
The report further states that Pique receives a net payment of 4 million euros per year through his company Kosmos for his involvement in the agreement, which also states that the contract can be canceled at any time if Kosmos does not receive his payments. on time.
Neither Pique nor Rubiales have commented on these shocking revelations. Serious fallout can be expected from this situation as further developments are expected.
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