SPANISH football has been engulfed in an anti-corruption storm as the head of their FA and his son have been arrested.
Angel Maria Villar Llona was taken into custody by police for allegedly embezzling funds.
While his son Gorka was among a number of five people arrested during early morning raids in an anti-corruption investigation known as Operation Soule.
Spain’s Sports Minister, Inigo Mendez de Vigo told TV reporters: “In Spain the laws are enforced, the laws are the same for all, and nobody, nobody is above the law.”
The scandal has rocked Spanish football and the date for the release of the La Liga fixtures — which were due out tomorrow — have been knocked back.
Villar Llona, who is a former Athletic Bilbao player, is also a senior vice-president at Fifa and Uefa.
AS report that several Spain friendlies from 2010 and 2011 are also under investigation.
In that period, they faced Venezuela and Costa Rica — and the country’s respective FA chiefs were arrested as part of the Fifa scandal.
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Spain earned around £1.92million for winning the World Cup in 2010 and, that summer, played friendlies against Mexico and Argentina, which are also under investigation.
A clash with Bosnia in 2016 in Switzerland and a match against South Korea the following month are also being looked at.
While a 2013 friendly clash with Uruguay is under investigation.
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