The Betis striker, Borja Iglesias, announced this Friday on his social networks that he has made the decision not to return to the Spanish team after learning that the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, has not submitted his resignation from office. after the controversy caused by the kiss on the mouth that he gave to the player Jenni Hermoso.
"Wearing the Spanish National Team shirt is one of the greatest things that has happened to me in my career. I don't know if I will ever be an option again, but I have made the decision not to return to the National Team until things change and this type of act does not go unpunished", points out the Galician footballer through X (formerly Twitter).
Iglesias makes it clear in another note that he is "sad and disappointed" and that "as a footballer and as a person" he does not feel represented by "what happened today in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas". "It seems unfortunate to me that they continue to press and put the focus on a partner", he has concluded. And, in a third tweet, he launches a message for the future: "For a fairer, more humane and decent football."
The captain of FC Barcelona, Alexia Putellas, also spoke out in support of Jenni Hermoso. "It's over, this is unacceptable," she has written herself.
The Government has activated the complaint before the sports courts to suspend Rubiales.
