The Spanish Supercup will be held, for the third time in its history, at Saudi Arabia. Specifically, in the city of Riyadh. The country of Saudi has hosted this competition since 2020, with the obligatory parenthesis that the restrictions come from Covid imposed in 2021, when it was played at the Seville stadium of La Cartuja.
During that time, the Federation reached a agreement with Arabia to play in that country’s Spanish Super Cup under a ‘final four’ format where the two finalists of the Copa del Rey and the first two classifieds of the League have access.
A very juicy Spanish Super Cup
That agreement contemplated the payment of 40 million euros per year for each of its three years of validity. And it is strongly opposed by broad sectors of society, which do not understand the Federation’s collaboration with a regime that has little respect for human rights, especially those affecting women’s equality.
At this point, Luis Rubiales The supreme leader of the federation, assured that the agreement is not strictly monetary but includes a series of clauses in which Arabia takes various actions to develop football and to give special attention and care of women’s football.
The Super Cup contract controversy
The subsequent leak of various audios revealed the agreements between Kosmos, the company headed by the former blaugrana Gerard Pique, that it acted as an intermediary in the negotiations, and the Federation for the distribution of juicy commissions for closing the contract added fuel to the fire of controversy.
An earthquake that did not ‘return’ the Super Cup to Spain. Moreover, in June 2021 the extension of the agreement was announced until 2029, which must report a total of between 240 and 320 million euros to the Spanish Federation.
Source: La Verdad
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