Negreira case, Real Madrid report Barcelona to UEFA: what happens now
- 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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Real Madrid calls for urgency to UEFA over FC Barcelona investigation
Real Madrid have filed “extensive documentation and evidence” to UEFA regarding allegations FC Barcelona made payments to former referee José María Enríquez Negreira. The match-fixing allegations against FC Barcelona and Negreira span almost two decades according to Real Madrid, with payments of up to €7.4m being sent by the Catalan club to the former Vice […]
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The Independent (US)What is the Negreira case? Barcelona pursued over alleged corruption
Real Madrid are ramping up their involvement in the sports corruption investigation concerning Barcelona after sending a ‘50,000-page’ dossier to Uefa
Madrid. Yesterday Barcelona clarified that it has not received “no new request” from the inspectors of Ethics and Discipline of UEFA nor has it been given a referral of the complaint submitted by Real Madrid in relation to the so-called Negreira case, a file that the European body has been in progress since March 2023 and that “in no case” has been opened, reopened or reactivated. “It is up to the investigators to determine the actions they cons…
BARCELONA Barcelona, current španjolski nogometni prvak, opovrgnula je navode dijela španjolskih medija da je Europska nogometna organizacija (UEFA) pokrenula postupak protiv cluba. "UEFA nije pokrenula nikakav postupak protiv Barcelone. Postupak je pokrenut prije tri godine imenovanjem dvojice istražitelja […] Objava Barcelona demantirala da je UEFA pokrenula postupak protiv cluba u “slučaju Negreiro” pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
Barcelona said that UEFA's investigation into the Negreira case had not been reopened because the proceedings had never been concluded. The club's position was published after European football's governing body confirmed that it had received a significant amount of documents from Real Madrid. "UEFA has not opened new proceedings against Barcelona," the Catalan club said in a statement. Barcelona said the proceedings began in 2023 with the appoin…
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