Pedro Rocha was named as president of the Spanish Football Federation on Friday by its electoral commission after a majority vote, despite a Spanish judicial corruption probe targeting Rocha and former RFEF president Luis Rubiales.
Spain’s sports authority said on Thursday it will step in to oversee RFEF while the courts carry out a corruption and money laundering investigation into contracts that took the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia and federation links with Seville’s La Cartuja Stadium, which hosts the Copa del Rey final and some international games, among other deals.
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Rocha and Rubiales have denied any wrongdoing.
Spain’s Higher Sports Council said on Thursday it was taking the extraordinary measure for the coming months “in response to the crisis the institution is facing and in Spain’s national interests.”
