Negreira case, Real Madrid report Barcelona to UEFA: what happens now
UEFA inspectors will review Madrid’s dossier as Barcelona denies wrongdoing and says the payments were for refereeing consultancy.
- On Thursday, UEFA confirmed receiving "a substantial amount of documents" from Real Madrid related to the ongoing Negreira case investigation into FC Barcelona's payments to a former refereeing official.
- The case involves payments exceeding €7 million made by Barcelona to companies linked to former refereeing official José María Enríquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018; Barcelona maintains these were for legitimate technical reports.
- Real Madrid submitted an extensive 500-page dossier urging UEFA to act with "the utmost speed," alleging the payments threaten competition integrity and confidence in the refereeing system.
- Barcelona emphasized that UEFA's receipt of documents does not equate to "any new proceedings," stressing the investigation remains subject to Spain's ongoing criminal case.
- UEFA's Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectors will assess the evidence as part of the Article 31 inquiry opened in March 2023, though the governing body stressed receipt does not automatically trigger disciplinary action.
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The governing body of European football announced the receipt of "a substantial amount of documents" related to the investigation involving the culés for payments made to José María Enríquez Negreira, former vice president of the Commission of Arbitrators of Spain.
Real Madrid football club has filed an official complaint with UEFA over the "Negreira case" and the alleged Barcelona affair and claims that the current Spanish champion made payments to the former vice-president of the Technical Committee of Referees in Spain over the past two decades.
New data in the Negreira case as Real Madrid submitted 50,000 documents with new information and UEFA reopens the file. Barcelona's position. The post Real Madrid submitted 50,000 documents in the Negreira case – Barcelona's response appeared first on in.gr.
FC Barcelona is said to have paid millions to the vice president of the Spanish referee committee for years - claims Erzrivale Real Madrid.
This supposed network, in which FC Barcelona would have paid a leader of the referees for decades in exchange for favors, is at a decisive stage.
The Union of European Football Federations confirmed the receipt of documentation on the payments of FC Barcelona to Negreira.
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