A group of Spanish players has released a joint statement clarifying their stand on reports alleging that they resigned from the women national team.
On Thursday, September 22, The (Royal Spanish Football Federation) RFEF announced that 15 Spanish players had submitted their resignations via email.
The RFEF alleged that the current situation within the women national team also known as La Roja affected their wellbeing. Affected players had raised grievances with the training methods of their head coach, claiming they harm their emotional states and health.
In their reply, the players expressed their remorse for how the federation publicised their communication.
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“First of all, the players are sorry about how RFEF has publicized, in a partial and biased way, private communication that affects our health, which is part of our privacy, sent in reply to the own federation to know who of us did not want to be summoned.
“Communication which, by the way, has not been replied to in any way. Secondly, in no case have we renounced the Spanish national team as RFEF points out in its official communication. As we said in our private communication, we have always maintained, we do maintain and will always maintain an indisputable commitment to the Spanish national team," part of their statement read.
The players noted that they had requested not to be summoned until the situations which affect their emotional and personal state, were reverted.
They also indicated that they would want a firm commitment from the RFEF for a professional project in which all aspects will be cared for in order to get the best performance from the team.
In their statement, they also wished the best to their national team adding that they did not want to be embroiled in a public war of words.
“We have never requested the coach's cessation as has been said. We understand that our job is not, under any circumstances, to choose somebody for that position. However, we wanted to express in a constructive and honest way what we consider can be an improvement in the performance of the group.
“Can anybody think that, eight months before the world cup, a group of high-level players, which is what we consider ourselves, are considering this decision, as it has been publicly insinuated, as a whim or blackmail?” part of their statement read.
The players stated that they would not allow their professional and personal success to be interfered with.
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