Speaking at an emergency meeting of the football federation, Rubiales said, “I will not resign, I will not resign, I will not resign. A consensual ‘peck’ is enough to get me out of here? I will fight until the end.”
Rubiales, 46, was expected to step down as president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF) after government ministers and figures within sport demanded his resignation and world football governing body FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against him.