Mutiny in Spain squad as 15 footballers refuse to play in bid to oust head coach | Spain women’s football team
The Spanish ladies’s nationwide crew was plunged into disaster on Thursday evening when 15 gamers declared themselves unavailable for choice for so long as Jorge Vilda continues as head coach. Every of the gamers have written to the Spanish Federation (RFEF) insisting that the scenario with the coach, who they’d did not have eliminated on the finish of August, has affected their well being and emotional state and that they don’t intend to return till an answer is discovered. Six Barcelona gamers had been amongst those that despatched emails, as had been Manchester United gamers Ona Batlle and Lucía García, and Manchester Metropolis gamers Laia Aleixandri and Leila Ouahabi. Captain Irene Paredes and Ballon D’Or winner Alexia Putellas weren’t amongst them, however damage meant the latter was already unavailable for the upcoming video games in October. The Federation responded with a strongly worded assertion describing this as “unprecedented within the historical past of soccer”, a scenario that “goes past sport to be a query of dignity”, and insisting that it will not give in to strain. The Federation famous that refusing to play for the nationwide crew may lead to bans of between two and…