‘Barcelona are playing, they already know what they have to do’: new revelations about Spanish refereeing scandal and La Liga president’s ultimatum

The bomb exploded in Spanish football for alleged payments to referees for the benefit of the Barcelona for 17 years. New revelations contribute to the scandal that shakes La Liga and there are those who demand the actions of the competent bodies and an exemplary measure taking the example of what happened in Italy with Juventus. The Catalan club would have done them during four presidencies, that of Jean Gaspart, John Laporta (in its first stage), Sandro Rosell there Joseph Maria Bartomeu. Now, a dialogue has been leaked that has put people on alert.

The program What are you playing at Since BE chain of Barcelona, ​​caused a stir by announcing that between 2001 and 2018 the Barcelona Football Club paid approximately 7 million dollars to the vice-president at the time of the entity which brings together Spanish referees, the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), Jose Maria Enriquez Negreirasupposedly (according to some former managers now claim), to point out aspects related to the judge who was to lead the Barça team and, others, to the regulations. In an interview with GlobeLiveMedia, Siqué Rodríguez, the journalist who exposed this problem, told all the details.

also his son Javier Enriquezaccused of Barcelona for alleged advice, but via another company, ‘Soccer Cam’ and this Monday the program The beach bar He recalled an image in which he is seen entering the Camp Nou in 2015 and speaking with the fourth referee, Fernando Roman Roman. The capture was posted on the show’s social media.

while the daily The world He went further and denounced that Enríquez Jr. had already been at the hotel where the judges were staying and was traveling with them in his car. At that point, I would have reminded them, “You know, calm down here. He Barcelona plays a lot there the pulse can not tremble. So you are left they know exactly what they have to do”.

Once in the facilities of the 1982 World Cup stadium, Enríquez separated from the referees and then always took different paths, since he went to greet the employees of the Catalan entity, since he was a good character known, according to the aforementioned half.

In turn, the The beach bar He added that Javier Enríquez still attends the Barça stadium with the judges, beyond the fact that the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) maintains that he has already been separated from the Technical Committee of Referees since 2018. According to said TV broadcast , Enríquez’s task is ‘coaching with the referees’, as it has nothing to do with the payments he received from Barcelona, ​​and his job is a personal matter.

But the controversy goes further and now there are clubs demanding an investigation from the competent authorities and action. For the case, the Spanish, the neighbor of Barca: Barcelona’s RCD Espanyol is alarmed by the reports published in different media regarding the so-called ‘Negreira case’,” he said in a statement.

“While still in the investigation phase, the possible implications of what has been released for our competition, the clubs that make it up and the organizations involved would be so serious that they require exceptional action when it comes to light. is to clarify what really happened,” the statement added.

“We urge the competent bodies and institutions to deal with the case with the speed and the example that corresponds to a case that calls into question the reputation of our football at international level”, he concluded.

But there is more, since the president of La Liga himself, Javier Tebaswas blunt and explained why Laporta should quit: “If you don’t explain well why he was paid, I think so (you should quit). You have not provided a reasonable explanation for these payments. In the note released by Barcelona, ​​it looked like it was done by all football clubs. It is one thing to have ex-referees and another to have ex-referees who are part of the Technical Referees Commission. This is a question that I would like to see clarified. The time that this happened is not three seasons, it is several seasons. In addition, with many directives, which did not speak to each other. I hate”.

“For me, it is not decisive that there are contracts. Having someone active charge for verbal advice to get neutrality from the arbitrators is enough to continue the investigation. And also for 16 or 17 years. It’s not decisive if there is a contract,” he assured during a conference in which the cost limits for La Liga teams were announced.

Finally, Thebes advised that if it became necessary, The League will denounce the case to FIFA and UEFA“If we believe they should commit to it, we will issue the corresponding complaint. I’ve been saying it since day two. He wanted more data and more circumstances. We don’t expect people to walk in. Especially in these matters there are signs of corruption. We have always been active. We denounced City, Juventus, PSG… it is clear that we will have to do something. If here (in Spain) he has prescribed, we will go to places where he has not prescribed”.

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