Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas, Patri Guijarro and Irene Paredes have reportedly asked for Spanish national team coach Jorge Vilda to be dismissed.
Vilda has been in charge of the women’s side since 2015. His contract was extended to 2024 in June, before Spain’s quarter-final exit at Euro 2022.
But Putellas, Guijarro and Paredes, three of Barcelona’s five club captains, allegedly want his tenure to end. According to El Confidencial, the trio spoke on the phone to Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales and asked him to fire Vilda.
Their efforts were in vain, however, with Rubiales reportedly backing the current manager. Putellas, Guijarro and Paredes are apparently unhappy with Spain’s performance at Euro 2022, where they crashed out in the quarter-finals.