The new report carried out by the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, revealed this Thursday, points out Gerard Piqué as an “active” intermediary of the operation in which the RFEF led by Luis Rubiales managed to bring the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia. In it, new details appear about the role of the footballer with whom the investigative court number 4 of Majadahonda is now working, These are the keys that have come to light:
Piqué, “active part” of the negotiations
This is textually determined by a report that aims to rule out any ambiguity about the role of the former footballer then active as a player for FC Barcelona. All his participation was carried out through his company Kosmos and the company of his representative AC TALENT, which “received an exclusivity mandate signed by the RFEF to look for business options for the Super Cup in the United States, China and Japan.”
The road to Arabia, marked by Piqué
Despite the fact that the guidelines pointed out the aforementioned countries, “the intermediation of Kosmos” was what led to the RFEF meetings with SELA SPORT COMPANY (the Saudi company involved) and in the subsequent signing on September 11, 2019 of the agreements linked to the Super Cup.
What’s more, as detailed in the UCO report, the Kosmos company once again “intermediated” when the pandemic made it impossible to hold the tournament in 2021 and the possibility of terminating the agreement and finding a solution was considered. new headquarters. Here the agents mention contacts between Piqué and Rubiales, as well as employees of the aforementioned company and the RFEF.
Kosmos assured the collection of commissions
Despite the unforeseen event, the RFEF signed the addendums to extend the conditions of the contract to 2029, a fact that occurs after the management of the former Catalan soccer player’s company: “In this way, the RFEF was guaranteed the collection of 40 million euros annually for three more yearsas well as KOSMOS the collection of its annual commission of 4 million euros,” the report points out.
A stadium project, the frustrated idea
The negotiations with Saudi Arabia, however, were not limited to the efforts of the Super Cup, because, as detailed in the evidence presented by the UCO, the will of Piqué, Rubiales and the former legal advisor of the RFEF Tomás González Cueto was intended to “be part of some investment project in Saudi Arabia” and the two directors of the RFEF “They tried different alternatives with Piqué.”
The option they ended up choosing would have been the construction of a 7-star football stadium in Saudi Arabia, with a sports city included, as well as leisure and hospitality complexes, says the UCO, which adds that the Gruconsa company “was able to develop a project presentation that was shared with RFEF personnel and with Piqué.”
In fact, the construction company signed an agreement for 20 million euros with the company Dismatec, managed by Francisco Javier Martínez Alcaide, in exchange for the award of said project, which did not go ahead; “benefit” that would have been intended for the latter and Rubiales.
Constant communication between Piqué and Rubiales… and even Cristiano Ronaldo involved
As is already known, communication between the former footballer and the president of the RFEF was constant at all times to maintain unity. in the line of action in the Super Cup business and other matters related to television rights and even the format of the Copa del Rey.
Among the many other communications investigated by the UCO, it stands out that, in its analysis of the emails exchanged by the different investigated, the UCO finds one whose heading is “agar contract”which researchers interpret as a possible error in writing Agag.
Because the UCO recalls in a note at the foot of the report that, from different telephone conversations of the investigated Ángel Ignacio González, it emerged that both Cristiano Ronaldo and Alejandro Agag “they could be mediating to achieve this project with the Saudi authorities.”
The UCO demands information from Saudi Arabia
Despite all the information collected in this report, the UCO has opened another line of investigation. And to continue investigating, he asks the judge to a letter rogatory to Saudi Arabia to identify the accounts and bank transactions of a group of those investigated, including Rubiales, his friend and former soccer player Francisco Javier Martín Alcaide, Nene, or Piqué; as well as FC Andorra, owned by him, or Kosmos, from January 1, 2018 to the present.
Researchers believe there are sources of evidence and information useful for the cause that He is “under the guardianship” of the Saudi authoritiesand they see it necessary to claim them “to elucidate” everything related to the negotiation of the Super Cup contract, but also “those businesses – executed or intentional – developed by some of those investigated with the presumed occasion of this.”
That is to say, there is still a long way to go to know all the details of an operation with many aspects in which Piqué appears as one of those directly involved.