The Spanish FA (RFEF) have released a statement urging their own president Luis Rubiales to resign over the Jenni Hermoso kiss scandal.
Rubiales was pictured grabbing Hermoso and kissing the player on the lips during Spain’s celebrations after beating England in the Women’s World Cup final.
Spanish prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation over Rubiales and are looking into whether the incident amounts to a crime of sexual assault.
Hermoso says that the kiss was not consensual and has confirmed that she will not play for Spain again until Rubiales has been sacked, while her international team-mates have joined her in solidarity.
RFEF chief Rubiales still remains in his post despite being provisionally suspended by FIFA– although the Daily Mail report that they are pushing to hand the 46-year-old a whopping 15-year ban.
An emergency assembly was called last Friday in which Rubiales was expected to resign, but instead he gave an astonishing speech in which he hit out at his critics and insisted he would not leave.
The RFEF later revealed they would be taking legal action against Hermoso and accused her of ‘lying’ about her version of events, even presenting images they claimed showed she had instigated the interaction and lifted the federation president off his feet.
But they appear to have made a U-turn and have now urged Rubiales to resign in statement.
