Spain have introduced that supervisor Montse Tome is not going to be persevering with in control of La Roja, after nearly two years in cost. Tome was the primary ladies to take cost of the nationwide staff.
Tome took over the Spain job from predecessor Jorge Vilda, who she was assistant supervisor to for six years, sharing her duties with the Spain under-17 facet. After Vilda was dismissed following the 2023 World Cup victory. Final 12 months, Tome guided La Roja to the 2024 Nations League title, however couldn’t get them over the road towards England within the Euros this summer time, with La Roja shedding out on penalties. Out of contract on the finish of the month, the RFEF introduced they’d not be renewing her deal.
Sonia Bermudez to take over from Tome
One other former Barcelona participant, Sonia Bermudez, who additionally turned out for Spain, Rayo Vallecano, Levante, Atletico Madrid and Wester New York Flash throughout her profession. As a coach, she started within the youth ranks at Actual Madrid, earlier than taking up the Spain under-19 job, adopted by the under-20 place after which the under-23s.
𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗦, Montse.
🥇 Campeona de la Nations League 2024.
🥈 Subcampeona de Europa 2025. pic.twitter.com/ibL4Fz8ONq— RFEF (@rfef) August 11, 2025
She shall be assisted by Basque coach Iraia Iturregi, who received 4 league titles with Athletic in 15 seasons as a participant. She has additionally coached at Athletic by the ranks, and frolicked as an assistant to the title-winning CD Baskonia within the males’s Tercera in 2024-25, one other affiliate of Athletic.
How will Tome’s tenure be considered?
Regardless of by no means inserting worse than in a last over her two years, Tome has been a lightning rod for criticism since taking up. Below early suspicion for her hyperlinks to the earlier regime with Vilda, and applauding Luis Rubiales notorious speech to the RFEF, Spain struggled to search out fluidity for giant components of the most important video games. At Euro 2025, La Roja have been broadly believed to have the perfect squad, however unconvincing adjustments and a lack of management a objective up within the last noticed the finger of blame pointed at Tome.
Fue un placer, gracias de corazón. pic.twitter.com/NN8t117aT0
— Montse Tome (@montse_tome) August 11, 2025
Tome commented that she was ‘proud’ and ‘grateful’ to the staff, her bosses and the employees. She additionally famous that she leaves the job ‘comfortable and in peace’.