Spain women’s deal with federation and government advancing

The agreements Spain’s women footballers reached last week with the country’s football federation and government advanced further Wednesday.

The meeting served to “consolidate the bases of the agreement, guaranteeing cooperation and collaboration to promote women’s football through dialogue with the players of the senior national team,” the Spanish sports council (CSD) said in a statement.

The CSD, which reports to the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Federation (RFEF) and the players, represented by the FutPro union, fleshed out the deal struck last week, defining the structure of a new three-sided commission to follow the development of improvements to women’s football.

“It was a very positive meeting, over the terms that were agreed in the Oliva agreements,” said Victor Francos, president of the CSD.

“The truth is that we have developed point by point all the things that had been agreed in Oliva (where Spain’s national team camp was held).

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