Overview

• Luis Medina Cantalejo was dismissed as president of the Technical Arbitration Committee after nearly four years in the role.
• Clos Gómez lost his position as director of VAR in the same shake-up alongside Rubinos Pérez and three vice presidents.
• Federation president Rafael Louzán enacted the changes as his first major decision since assuming office in the wake of the Rubiales scandal.
• Real Madrid, led by Florentino Pérez, had lobbied for the ousters to eliminate any lingering influence from the Negreira network on match officiating.
• The federation says the overhaul is aimed at modernizing Spain's arbitration system, though the referees association AESAF had lobbied to keep Medina Cantalejo in place.