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Javier Caceres
It’s said to have happened before that a multi-millionaire businessman pocketed a commission for organizing a so-called sporting event. It is also not completely new that such brokerage fees amount to ten percent of the turnover. Seen in this way, there have already been revelations in the history of professional football that seemed more bizarre than the affair that has just shaken up Spanish football: the awarding of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia, which is questionable for many reasons. In the center: Barça professional Gerard Piqué and his company Kosmos on the one hand, and Luis “Rubi” Rubiales, president of the Spanish football association RFEF, on the other.