Women Football In Spain Still Stagnant Despite Winning World Cup – Bonmati

Barcelona midfielder, Aitana Bonmati has come out to insist that things have not changed for female footballers in Spain despite their 2023 Women’s World Cup victory. She recently had her say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to her, compared to how things changed for the England ladies when they won the Euros, nothing has changed for women football in Spain, despite being champions of the world.

Bonmati added that the Spanish women league in particular still battles a lot of problems the nation keeps ignoring.

Her words, “There is not anything that has changed. I would like to say that everything has changed and the World Cup gave us more things – but I cannot say that. I compare [it to] when England won the Euros – everything changed.

But we won the World Cup which I think is bigger than winning the Euros and no, it never changed, especially in the league. We are having the same problems as always. We have a lot of problems.”

First of all I think the people are thinking of playing in England because you in England are doing things so well. You treat women’s football good. You give power to the players and to the league.

For example, here in Spain, I cannot say the same. I see also that the league in England is competitive and every year they are putting more money into it to develop it. They are making the league more attractive. Arsenal and Manchester City are good teams that can play with the ball and these kinds of teams are searching for players who can play this kind of football. Who [better] to do that than Spanish players?

On one hand you have the players who want to go to this league because you are treating the football so good, you make the league competitive and you want to play in this league. On the other hand, the clubs also want Spanish footballers that are smart, they can read the game well, have the ball and also we are developing over the last few years our [physicality].”

WOW.