Luis Rubiales appeared this Thursday in the courts of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland following the opening of a trial by a Swiss government ministry accusing the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation of taping a committee meeting in 2019 without the consent of those present.

At this meeting, he also made accusations against the President La Liga, Javier Tebasreceiving illegal commissions for the management of audiovisual rights that should have been paid Mediaproa company run by Catalan businessman Javier Rures.

In a letter sent by a Swiss court to the president of the RFEF, according to Servimediahe is accused of a crime slander for “undermining the honor” of Tebas “during a meeting at UEFA headquarters in the presence of third parties”. Rubiales also stated that Tebas “received an illegal cash payment” for “a contract renewal for international audiovisual rights”.

Similarly, the President of the Federation has made allegations that Mediapro, the company that allegedly made these payments to Tebas, stating that “these are the people who gave bribes to FIFA members.”

In addition, he added that “in the RFEF we were told that we should not work with people who admitted that they give bribes”, while explaining that they work “only with companies on equal terms” and that “if anyone some of them admit that they bribed FIFA members, we are not going to work with them.

This performance coincides with the match that the Spanish football team will play this afternoon in the Swiss country against Switzerland, on the third day of the UEFA Nations League, in which, after two draws in a row, the Spanish team is forced to win.