The president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Rafael Louzán, He revealed after a “very relaxed, but important” meeting with Gianni Infantino that Spain is once again on the first line of the FIFA agenda to host large tournaments. “We have almost two decades without organizing anything first level and already touches,” said the Galician leader, who described the meeting with the top president of the world football as “extraordinarily cordial.”
Club World Cup
Louzán He explained that one of the matters discussed was the competition horizon that the FIFA It seeks to award in the short and medium term. In that context, he confirmed that Spain has expressed interest in housing future events And, more concretely, the 2029 Club World Cup. “There are not many countries capable of presenting 12-15 stages of maximum level. Spain can”He stressed.
However, the federative leader made it clear that priority immediate It is to see how the current edition of the tournament ends, which is played in the United States. “The beginnings are always difficult; We talk about a huge country with great distances, but the public's monitoring and the media is being remarkable”, Pointed out after attending one of the matches in Miami.
FIFA has announced an explanatory video on its social networks in which it shows all the information about the competition that will be played in June 2025
The climatological aspect encounters full sun To coincide with the 'prime time'Spanish has revealed as one of the points to be reviewed. Even so, Louzán stressed that the predisposition FIFA is “Magnificent”And that the parties will take stock in the coming months before making decisions about the headquarters of 2029.
Asked about the criticism of LaLiga president, Javier Tebasabout the load of parties, Louzán He acknowledged that the calendars “are not easy to fit.” He revealed that RFEF work already in a model asymmetric for the 2025-26 season that accommodates requests from works, local festivities and other club conditions: “We are using all the technology available to accommodate everyone”.
There is a very big monitoring by people and the media, and if clubs and players have wanted to play it, it seems good to me
About the 2030 World Cup
About the 2030 World Cup that will organize Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguaythe federative president said that there is still missing to know the headquarters of the final. He advanced, yes, that six countries They plan to meet in September to coordinate the key aspects and that Spain starts from a “fundamental axis” next to United States and Saudi Arabia For the global football projection.
In that sense, Louzán explained that the RFEF has reinforced strategic alliances with the franchise Inter Miami in Of .u. and keeps the Supercopa in Saudi territory, in addition to preparing joint actions to promote both the World Cup 2030 Like 2034. “If we synchronize all the actors well, we will all benefit“, held.
Image of the Official Ball of Qatar 2022 with the World Champion Trophy
The president insisted that Spain “Know and organize very well“Great events and was confident that the good relationship with FIFA Crystario soon in the award of new competitions.”We are in a position to do so and FIFA knows”, He concluded before leaving the international summit held in Miami.
With this roadmap, the Federación redouble your commitment to turn the country into a piece clave of the world football calendar of the next decade, with an eye on resuming the prominence lost from the organization of the Barcelona 92 and the 1982 Olympic Games.
