There is still a lot of bread to slice in the 'love triangle' between Real Madrid, the Spanish Federation (RFEF), and coach Julen Lopetegui. After a week of the 'bombshell' that resulted in the dismissal of the coach in charge of 'La Roja' for signing with the white club, Spain reveals a new chapter that could completely twist this story that develops alongside the 2018 World Cup.
According to the newspaper Marca, Rubiales had been informed, one week before the Madrid announcement, that Lopetegui had reached an agreement with Florentino Pérez. Which, of course, undermines the main argument of the president of the Spanish Federation, who had assured that he learned about the agreement between the coach and the club only five minutes before it became known.
"The problem is how things have been done, with a total lack of participation from the Spanish Football Federation, that is something we cannot overlook. He is an impeccable professional, but the way things are done is important," said Luis Rubiales five days ago when he announced the dismissal of Lopetegui.
He called Barza and Atleti
But there's more. According to Mundo Deportivo, the president of the RFEF would have spoken with leaders of Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid before dismissing Julen Lopetegui as the Spanish coach, with the aim of gathering opinions to make a decision.
According to the media, from Can Barza they would have been in favor of firing the former coach, because, they pointed out, if Lopetegui had signed for the Catalan team, the same reaction would have occurred. Finally, that's what happened and Rubiales ended up firing Julen two days before Spain's debut in Russia 2018.