Mutiny in Spain squad as 15 footballers refuse to play in bid to oust head coach

Man Utd’s Ona Batlle among female players who wrote to RFEF

CRISIS: Spain head coach Jorge Vilda during the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Quarter Final match at the Brighton & Hove Community Stadium.

The Spanish women’s national team was plunged into crisis on Thursday night when 15 players declared themselves unavailable for selection for as long as Jorge Vilda continues as head coach.

Each of the players have written to the Spanish Federation (RFEF) insisting that the situation with the coach, who they had failed to have removed at the end of August, has affected their health and emotional state and that they do not intend to return until a solution is found.