Spanish FA president Angel Maria Villar has maintained the uncertainty over whether he will run for UEFA chief and over who will be Spain's next national team coach.
Villar stepped in for disgraced former UEFA president Michel Platini during this summer's Euro 2016 finals, and it is thought he wishes to fulfill the role full-time.
However, he reportedly remains unsure about his level of support among Europe's federations ahead of the vote on Sept. 14, with his reputation suffering because of his past relationship with Platini and former FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
The Netherlands' Michael van Praag and Slovenian Aleksandar Ceferin have already declared their candidacies for the election -- with the deadline for nominations set for July 20.
Speaking at a general assembly of the RFEF at its base in Las Rozas near Madrid, the former Athletic Bilbao player, 66, said that he had received lots of backing from around European football, while stopping short of saying he planned to run.
"Many leaders in European football have urged me to go forward for the UEFA presidency," Villar said. "I appreciate their support and it is a great honour for someone who represents Spanish football to represent the European game."
Villar said he had been proud to be on duty during the tournament in France this summer, when he handed the trophy to victorious Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, while saying that his success was also that of all who were involved in Spanish football, including his audience of RFEF delegates.
"I was tremendously proud to be UEFA's highest authority at the Euros, and to present the trophy after the final," he said. "If I was there, it was because of you all."
Villar's future at home is also unclear. Domestic federation presidential elections that were initially scheduled for earlier in the year have been pushed back to November, allowing Villar more time to consider his future and also to fight off a challenge from former-ally-and-now-sidelined RFEF secretary general Jorge Perez.
Complicating the situation further for Villar are reportedly poor relationships with both Spain's sports minister Miguel Cardenal and La Liga chief Javier Tebas.
It had been initially expected that Villar would use Friday's event to name a successor to Vicente Del Bosque as national coach. Del Bosque, 65, stepped down in the wake of their Euro 2016 exit. He had guided Spain to wins at the World Cup in 2010 and Euro 2012, but also oversaw their shock group-stage exit at the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, as well as the last-16 defeat to Italy at this summer's Euros.
Former Athletic Bilbao and Sevilla coach Joaquin Caparros, 60, has been widely tipped as the favourite to step in, with ex-Spain under-21 and Porto coach Julen Lopetegui, former Spain midfielder Michel and veteran Juan Antonio Camacho also among the others being considered.
However, last-minute reports in the local media suggested that Villar could postpone a decision -- with AS saying youth-team coaches Gines Melendez, Albert Celades and Santi Denia could take over the senior team on an interim basis.
Marca reported that Del Bosque could be asked to stay on past the end of his contract on Aug. 1 in a short-term temporary arrangement which could include World Cup 2018 qualifiers away to Italy and Albania in October.
Villar on Friday suggested that Del Bosque would be staying around the federation in a manner yet to be confirmed.
"I asked Del Bosque just after the Euros exit to continue with us, but he had already decided not to," he said. "We have respected that decision and are enormously grateful. But we have managed to get him to remain by our side.
"We are saying goodbye to him as national coach, but he remains at our side."
It was also important that the strength of Spanish football was not hidden by any recent individual results, Villar added.
"There is no doubt about the strength of our football," he said. "It is enormously difficult to retain the high level we have reached. To achieve that took an enormous effort from everyone. Between us all we have built a football that is considered a mirror, and we are proud of that more than any individual result. We must have great faith in our future."
Del Bosque's eight years in charge of the national team were recognised at the event and he received a memorial plaque and standing ovation. He also suggested he would be available to take on whatever role his country now needed.
"Although I am going I want the best for Spanish football always, and if you need anything, you can count on me," Del Bosque said.