Jorge Vilda vows to FIGHT his sacking as Spain Women's coach
Jorge Vilda vows to FIGHT his sacking as Spain Women’s coach and insists he has a contract until 2028… with the World Cup winner under fire for clapping speech by disgraced FA president Luis Rubiales
- Vilda was sacked as coach of the Spain Women’s team after World Cup win
- 42-year-old was a key ally of shamed FA president Luis Rubiales
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Jorge Vilda has vowed to fight his dismissal as Spain women’s coach and believes he has a contract to lead the World Cup winners through until 2028.
The 42-year-old is a close ally of disgraced Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales but was fired on Tuesday amid the fall-out from the Jenni Hermoso ‘kiss-gate’ scandal.
Vilda, who applauded Rubiales when he gave his now infamous speech insisting he would not resign, has pledged to take legal action to contest his sacking.
In that speech, Rubiales extended Vilda’s contract despite his unpopularity among the players, which led to some refusing to represent the national side while he was in charge.
Vilda told Relevo: ‘I consider myself a coach until 2028. This is what my lawyers tell me and even more so when there was already a prior and consensual agreement in the Assembly.
Jorge Vilda has vowed to fight his dismissal as coach of the Spanish Women’s national team
Vilda is a close ally of shamed Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales, who extended his contract
Luis Rubiales was pictured kissing Jenni Hermoso after last month’s World Cup final
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‘In the Assembly, it is said publicly, but previously that contract had been perfected with a four-year renewal.’
In another interview with Cadena SER, Vilda said: ‘In sporting terms, I am going to accept all the criticisms, but on a personal level, I think it has been unfair.
‘It has been a special year. Nothing has ever been said directly but indirectly things have been said that do not suit me. Things have been said that are not true.
‘I am as well as can be after being fired after being world champion 10 days ago. I have been fired, I think, unjustly.
‘I have a clear conscience. I have given 100 per cent and I don’t understand it. I didn’t see my termination as deserved.’
Vilda had been offered a new deal by Rubiales, who claimed he had already set things rolling on a four-year contract earning the manager ‘half a million euros’, although he would be dismissed just 11 days later.
He cited this as one of the reasons that he had clapped Rubiales’ speech, but was quick to add that he was not a supporter of sexism.
‘The first thing I want to make clear is that I will never applaud anything sexist,’ Vilda told Spanish radio in an interview with Manu Carreno.
‘I didn’t know very well why I was going to that Assembly. I thought there was going to be a resignation. I will never applaud anything that goes against feminism and against the fight for equality and equity.
Vilda, second right, hit out at Rubiales conduct after the World Cup final but was criticised for applauding the embattled Spanish FA chief during a speech where he vowed not to resign
Vilda’s departure came two weeks after Spain’s triumph at the Women’s World Cup
Montse Tome has been made the first ever female head coach of the Spanish women’s side
‘The president is valuing your work and announcing your renewal, I applauded that. I also applaud Rubiales’ management of the women’s football, with a budget that has multiplied by four.
‘When 150 people around you applaud it is very difficult to be the only one who doesn’t.’
Vilda was sacked on Tuesday, less than two weeks after winning the World Cup, the last of his 75 wins from a possible 108 at the helm.
Even before the ‘kiss-gate’ scandal, Vilda had been a controversial figure in charge of the Spanish Women’s team.
In September 2022, 15 players submitted emails complaining of their emotional and physical health under Vilda and said they no longer wished to play under him.
Only three of those 15 would return to the fold for the World Cup finals.
Montse Tome was appointed the first-ever female head coach of the side after Vilda’s sacking.
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