ANDhe real Madrid is pronounced in the ‘Negreira case’. The president of the white club, Florentino Prezhas convened an urgent Board of Directors to decide what actions the club takes once Barcelona has been denounced by the Prosecutor.
It is the first time that Real Madrid has spoken publicly about the ‘Negreira case’. it does “Given the seriousness of the accusations by the Barcelona Prosecutor for well-founded suspicions of corruption“, according to the statement issued.
Until now, Real Madrid had remained silent, to the point that it was the only team, along with Barcelona, that did not support the statement issued by 40 LaLiga teams on February 21, rejecting the facts. Now, after consummating the complaint of the Prosecutor, yes it has been pronounced.
Official statement from Real Madrid
Given the seriousness of the accusations made by the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office against FC Barcelona and two of its presidents for well-founded suspicions of corruption and their relations with whoever was the vice president of the Technical Committee of referees, José María Enrquez Negreira, the president has convened urgently to the Board of Directors tomorrow, Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 12:00 p.m., in order to decide on the actions that Real Madrid deems appropriate in relation to this matter.
The prosecutor’s complaint
This Friday it was learned that the Barcelona Prosecutor’s Office sent the complaint to the Investigating Court number 1 of Barcelona in which it accuses the former presidents Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell for a continued crime of corruption in business in the form of sports fraud. , another of unfair administration and falsehood in commercial document.
“Bará reached and maintained a strictly confidential verbal agreement with the denounced Enrquez Negreira, so that, in his capacity as Vice President of the CTA and in exchange for money, he would carry out actions tending to favor Barcelona in the decision-making of the referees in the matches played by the Club, and thus in the results of the competitions”, reads the complaint from the Prosecutor’s Office, according to El Mundo.
