Osasuna responded to the statement from the Spanish Federation

Last night, and as a result of the statement published by the RFEF, the rojillo group answered it again and where it again criticized the lack of clarity and stability of the federation in this case regarding Osasuna. “This statement did not come until on June 7, the same day the investigation was opened, a media outlet strongly insisted that Osasuna would not be included in European competition.“.

It also makes public the letter sent by the president of the club to the president of the RFEF in which he expresses his discomfort with the neutrality of Luis Rubiales in the face of the information that ensures that Osasuna will be punished: It did not come. despite the fact that the club first requested it, verbally, and later formally through a letter addressed by the general director of Osasuna, Fran Canal, to the president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales: “I respect your decision to be ‘neutral’ by virtue of your position as UEFA vice president, but I especially regret that there was no censorship by the RFEF president or the UEFA vice president regarding the information published in the press which was ensured, without little hint of doubt, that Osasuna will not be included in European competitions due to an investigation that has barely begun and of which we have not even had the opportunity to hear. I believe it is something serious enough for the president of the RFEF to defend one of the main clubs in Spanish football and for the vice president of UEFA to defend the assumption of neutrality of the highest body in European football.“.

In it, he also requests that Luis Rubiales convey to him what the federative’s position will be regarding the case: “It is for all these reasons that I formally ask you to tell me what the position of the RFEF will be regarding the investigation initiated by UEFA and whether the RFEF will consider, as we understand until now when the RFEF signature and seal appeared on all our documents for participation in UEFA competitions, that Club Atlético Osasuna meets all the requirements to participate in the next UEFA Conference League”.

The statement also makes public the response brief of Luis Rubiales himself. “Luis Rubiales’ response to that request, also in the form of a letter, is as follows: ‘What cannot be asked is to ask the president of the RFEF to intervene publicly or privately in an issue subject to the decision of a disciplinary body that we must all understand and respect in terms of its independent and fair action based on UEFA regulations . The most basic rule of good governance forces us to accept the autonomy of these bodies and the impossibility on my part to act in any way.‘.

Osasuna criticized his answer when he understood that it was “a letter with unnecessary references, since Osasuna did not request any intervention in the investigation, and it did not respond to the specific request made by the entity“.

Difference in treatment compared to other clubs

But the Navarrese club also sends what they consider a comparative complaint about the attitude of the RFEF president to other clubs, in a clear allusion to FC Barcelona. “In any case, the public position of the RFEF and its president in relation to the file opened against Osasuna is in contrast to that maintained by another club attached to its federation, which has no problem defending the public in the media, despite of the fact that UEFA’s disciplinary investigation is already underway“.

In addition, Osasuna went so far as to blame the RFEF for leaking information to the media: “A club that belongs to a community where some of its media have first-hand information on Osasuna’s file. The information that contributed to the development of a story that sacrificed the weak to favor the strong and that came a few minutes after UEFA communications made directly to the legal team of the Club and of which the RFEF is the only institution in the copy.‘”.

The statement ends by considering the attitude of the Federation of having an exercise in ridicule against the club and the Navarrese club fans: “Despite all this, the RFEF, among other expressions as high-sounding as they are empty, dares in its statement to be described as “an intense seriousness that wants to convince the noble and wonderful its fans that the RFEF did not support or will not support their club.” An exercise in cynicism in which he must apologize to a hobbyist who, in addition to enduring the pain of injustice, now has to attend to an attack on his club by someone who did not extend his hand in the process this. An attack that, in the absence of arguments and facts, tries to muddy the ground by referring to disputes with other institutions that are not related or even of little interest to Club Atlético Osasuna at the moment.“.