"I wouldn't be surprised if someone planted cocaine in my car"

RFEF president Luis Rubiales says El Confidencial have published false news, demanded an immediate rectification and wants an investigation opened into the hacking of his phone.

Newspaper El Confidencial this week released audios of conversations between Rubiales and Barcelona defender Gerard Pique relating to taking the Spanish Supercopa to Saudi Arabia.

Rubiales says there is nothing illegal about the agreement, that Pique's company Kosmos were paid directly by Saudi Arabia and accused the outlet of pushing out fake news.

"We will demand a rectification regarding the false news that has been published," he said in a press conference. "I am upset that they are prioritising the falseness that I'm hearing rather than the robbery of private information taken from my phone -- a phone where I keep photographs of my daughters, conversations with my friends.

"A lot has been said and many are not true. I've been four years at the helm of the RFEF. I haven't stopped being attacked since I decided to run for president. There is a campaign to discredit me. I haven't been allowed to breathe in peace for one minute.

"I want the media to report the crime that has been committed against me. I trust the police and I hope they can catch the mafia that have done this. Who does this benefit?

"If there are people that can do this, I cannot guarantee that someone one day will put a bag of cocaine in my car or put something on my phone. I don't drink, never have, not even a beer, but it would not surprise me if they did that.

"I called Pique, I am worried for him, also for my family. I don't deserve thisand neither does my family. But I am receiving more support than ever."