In an interview given to El Desmarque through the main prosecutor of the investigation, FC Barcelona legend Gerard Piqué was shaping up to come out of a corruption and money laundering investigation as bad as that of Luis Rubiales or even “worse than” the disgraced former Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). . ) chief.
Rubiales, previously stationed in the Dominican Republic, was arrested on Wednesday upon his arrival in Spain following a raid on his assets in Granada and the RFEF offices in Madrid at the end of March.
Spanish prosecutors said 11 premises had been searched for documents. Seven arrests were also made, and Rubiales is known to be under investigation for a corruption and money laundering investigation.
Earlier this week, photographs surfaced of an interview Rubiales conducted with Ana Pastor in which she said, “My money is a product of my hard work and savings. “
Rubiales is being investigated for RFEF contracts similar to the Spanish Super Cup played in Saudi Arabia, and in his own interview with El Desmarque, the main promoter of the complaint against Rubiales, Miguel Ángel Galán, revealed his confidence that the Blaugrana icon Gerard Piqué will also be under investigation for the involvement of his company Kosmos in the status quo of the contest in the Middle East.
Faced with the question, Galán Piqué would “absolutely” enter the investigation and would come out “the same or worse than Rubiales”.
“There is no doubt that Piqué is going to testify as a user of the investigation, because Kosmos is accused and so is Rubiales,” Galán said.
“Pique is going to testify as a suspect, because we are talking about 24 million euros ($26 million) in illegal commissions. “
“There is a devastating report on the general intervention of the State at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, in which it is said that Kosmos is an intermediary of the Spanish national football team.
“Therefore, neither the RFEF nor Piqué can continue to repeat that the former footballer is an agent of Saudi Arabia,” Galán insisted.
In fact, “the RFEF’s contract with Saudi Arabia stipulates that if the commission is paid to Piqué, the contract is broken. “
“Therefore, there is the corruption of the company that conditions Piqué’s commission contract, with the aggravating circumstance that there is another bid at the same time and some other Qatar contract greater than this one, where there is no place for commission agents,” Galán said. He also said.
After retiring from the club of his life in November 2022, Pique has since focused on kicking off the successful La Rey but returned to Barca this weekend to witness their 1-0 win over Las Palmas.