2023-08-25 17:37:26
Jenni Hermoso, world champion soccer player with the Spanish team, denied the version offered by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, in the Extraordinary Assembly, stated in a statement that “at no time” did he consent to the kiss that she received on the mouth and, together with the rest of the international players, asked for “real changes, both sporting and structural”.
In addition, the signatories announce that they will no longer play with the Spanish National Team if there is no change of leadership.
Jenni Hermoso denies Luis Rubiales
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“I want to clarify that at no time did I consent to the kiss he gave me and in no case did I seek to raise the president. I do not tolerate my word being questioned, much less that words are invented that I have not said,” Jenni Hermoso said in a statement. , issued following the non-resignation of Rubiales.
The letter is signed by 53 players, including the 23 who were proclaimed world champions in Sydney.
(Government of Spain counterattacks Luis Rubiales for refusing to resign for kissing Hermoso).
The Spanish players stand up
The Spanish team qualified for the World Cup semifinals by eliminating the Netherlands.
In the statement shared through the ‘Futpro’ union, which brings together the players from Spain, the joint decision of the world champions was known: not to play in the National Team until the current leadership resigns.
“As a result of the events that occurred this morning and given the perplexity of the speech delivered by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Mr. Luis Manuel Rubiales Béjar, the players of the senior team, recent world champions, in I support Jennifer Hermoso, they want to express their firm and resounding condemnation of behaviors that have violated the dignity of women,” the statement read at the beginning.
(‘Sexual assault’: they open an investigation into Rubiales following refusing to resign in Spain).
“In view of the statements made by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Jennifer Hermoso wants to flatly deny that she consented to the kiss that Don Luis Manuel Rubiales Béjar gave her in the World Cup Final,” the text continues.
Then, Jenni Hermoso’s statements appear.
“I want to clarify that, as seen in the images, at no time did I consent to the kiss he gave me and, of course, in no case did I seek to raise the president. I do not tolerate my word being questioned, much less that it be invent words that I have not said”, exposes the player.
“From our union we want to emphasize that no woman should feel the need to respond to the forceful images that the whole world has seen and of course, they should not be involved in non-consensual attitudes,” the soccer players indicate.
(The mega salary that Luis Rubiales receives in the Spanish Football Federation)
“The players of the Spanish Soccer Team, current world champions, expect forceful answers from the public powers so that actions such as those contained do not go unpunished. We want to end this statement, asking for real changes, both sporting and structural, that help the Absolute Selection to continue growing, to be able to transfer this great success to later generations. It fills us with sadness that such an unacceptable fact is managing to tarnish the greatest sporting success of Spanish women’s football”, they remark.
“After everything that happened during the Women’s World Cup, we want to state that all the players who sign this letter will not return to a call for the National Team if the current leaders continue,” the text concludes.
The 53 signatories
The signing players are: Jennifer Hermoso; Alexia Putellas; Mass Rodriguez; Irene Paredes; Ona Batlle; Mariona Caldentey; Teresa Abelleira; Maria Perez; Tasting Coll; Aitana Bonmati; Laia Codina; Claudia Zornoza; Oihane Hernandez; Rocio Galvez; Irene Guerrero; Round Alba; Athena del Castillo; Eva Navarro; Enith Hall; Ivana Andres; ; Patricia Guijarro; Lola Gallardo; Nerea Eizagirre; Ainhoa Moraza; Maria Leon “Mapi”; Sandra Cloths; Claudia Pina; Amaiur Sarriegi; Leila Ouahabi; Laia Alexandri; Lucia Garcia; Andrea Pereira; Vero Boquete; Ainhoa Tirapu; Sandra Villanova; Ana Romero “Willy”; Silvia Meseguer; Nagore Calderon; Carmen Arce “Kubalita”; Priscilla Borgia; Natalia Pablos; Susan Guerrero; Larraitz Lucas; Elizabeth Benedict; Amanda Sampedro; Isabel Fuentes; Elizabeth Sanchez; Mari Paz Azagra; Vanessa Gimbert; Virginia Torrecilla; Leire Landa; Elizabeth Ibarra; and Marta Torrejon.
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