Former Spain captain says Luis Rubiales row felt like ‘going to war’

Veronica Boquete alleges Jenni Hermoso's phone was hacked after kiss by football boss at World Cup

A former captain of Spain's women's national football team has described the weeks-long standoff over the fate of Luis Rubiales as a war" that has pitted more than 100 of the country's top female players against certain members of the Spanish football establishment.

In an interview published on Monday, Veronica Boquete even went so far as to claim that Jenni Hermoso's phone had been hacked, which may have been an attempt to discredit Hermoso in the wake of the unsolicited kiss by Rubiales.