Jorge Vilda: Spanish FA Exploring Options To Sack World Cup-Winning Head Coach1 min read
Luis Rubiales (left) and Jorge Vilda celebrated together in the aftermath of the former’s kiss on Hermoso, which the player has said was non-consensual
Vilda remains in post despite most of his coaching staff resigning in protest against federation president Luis Rubiales’ refusal to quit for kissing squad member Jenni Hermoso after their World Cup win on 20 August.
Eighty-one Spain players, including all 23 World Cup winners, have also said they would not play for the team again while Rubiales remained in position.
Vilda was spotted applauding Rubiales at the Spanish federation’s (RFEF) extraordinary general assembly on Friday, when Rubiales repeatedly insisted he would not resign, though Vilda has since criticised his behaviour.
The RFEF believes all those incidents combined may give them enough of a case to sack Vilda.
Federation regional leaders held an extraordinary general meeting with interim president Pedro Rocha on Monday where they called for a restructuring of the federation to start a new era.
However, a third of the local football association bosses do not want to push Rubiales out of a job so they only went as far as releasing a statement calling on him to resign, which he has so far refused to do.
